Author: mindgames

This Day in History: 1955

Poet Allen Ginsberg reads Howl for the first time in San Francisco.

This Day in History: 1683

The first Mennonites arrive in America, founding Germantown.

This Day in History: 1919

Enzo Ferrari makes his debut as a race car driver.

This Day in History: 1944

Gen. Eisenhower distributes a shell shock report to his combat units.

This Day in History: 1932

Iraq becomes independent after terminating its British mandate.

This Day in History: 1968

Bob Gibson strikes out 17 Detroit Tigers in the World Series, breaking a record.

This Day in History: 1864

Confederate spy Rose O'Neal Greenhow drowns off the North Carolina coast.

This Day in History: 1889

Wyoming approves a constitution granting women the right to vote.