On 1 Mar 1917, the text of the so-called Zimmermann Telegram, a message from the German foreign secretary, Arthur Zimmermann, to the German ambassador to Mexico proposing a Mexican-German alliance in the case of war between the US and Germany, was...
On 25 Feb 1870, Hiram Rhoades Revels, a Republican from Natchez, Mississippi, was sworn into the US Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress. During the Civil War, Revels, a college-educated minister, helped form African...
On 20 Feb 1042, during WWII, Lt. Edward O’Hare took off from the aircraft carrier Lexington in a raid against the Japanese position at Rabaul-and minutes later became America’s first flying ace. In mid-February 1942, the Lexington sailed...
Obama got caught with his hand overreaching, as it were, into the cookie jar of religious liberties when he ordered the Catholic Church, among others, to provide birth control and abortion services to their employees. Had to pull back quickly when...
On 5 Feb 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt proposed an increase in the size of the US Supreme Court—his ‘court packing’ proposal. It failed. However, this act ultimately succeeded in convincing the Justices to ignore the actual words in our...
On 30 Jan 1968, during the agreed upon cease-fire during the Tet Holiday, in coordinated attacks all across South Vietnam, communist forces launched their largest offensive of the Vietnam War against South Vietnamese and US troops. About 80,000...
There are a lot of reasons why it’s in everyone’s best interest for most countries not to have nuclear weapons. This story is one example. On 25 Jan 1995, Russia’s early-warning defense radar detected an unexpected missile launch...
On 22 Jan 1973, the US Supreme Court handed down the Roe vs Wade decision. Regardless of where you stand on the issue, I don’t see where this decision came from—it’s nowhere even hinted to in the about 7600 words of our Constitution—the Constitution...
On 16 Jan 1991, at midnight in Iraq, the UN deadline for the Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait expired, and we prepared to commence offensive operations to forcibly eject Iraq from its 5-month occupation of its oil-rich neighbor. At 4:30 pm EST, the...
On 14 Jan 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt issued Presidential Proclamation No. 2537, requiring aliens from WWII-enemy countries–Italy, Germany and Japan–to register with the US Department of Justice. Registered persons were then...