Author: mindgames

This Day in History: 1987

The film "Dirty Dancing" starring Patrick Swayze opens in theaters.

This Day in History: 1911

The first telegram is sent around the world via commercial service.

This Day in History: 1812

The U.S. Navy frigate Constitution defeats the British Guerriere.

This Day in History: 1590

100 colonists are discovered missing from the Roanoke Island colony.

This Day in History: 1987

Rudolf Hess, former deputy to Hitler, is found dead in Spandau Prison.

This Day in History: 1955

Paul Robeson loses a court appeal for a passport.

This Day in History: 1859

Charles Comiskey, namesake of Comiskey Park, is born in Chicago.

This Day in History: 1933

A massive 267,000-acre forest fire is sparked in northern Oregon.