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    • Today in History: November 19, Lincoln speaks at Gettysburg

      Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years ago

      Today in History Today is Saturday, Nov. 19, the 323rd day of 2022. There are 42 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln dedicated a ...

    • Today in History: FEB 20, John Glenn orbits Earth

      Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year ago

      Today in History Today is Monday, Feb. 21, the 51st day of 2023. There are 314 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 20, 1962, astronaut John Glenn became the first American ...

    • Today in History: October 24, the UN charter takes effect

      Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years ago

      Today in History Today is Monday, Oct. 24, the 297th day of 2022. There are 68 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 24, 1945, the United Nations officially came into ...

    • Today in History: November 4, Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated

      Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years ago

      On Nov. 4, 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by a right-wing Israeli minutes after attending a festive peace rally. In 1842, Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd in Springfield ...

    • Today in History: March 13, Pope Francis is elected

      Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year ago

      In 1925, the Tennessee General Assembly approved a bill prohibiting the teaching of the theory of evolution. In 1781, the seventh planet of the solar system, Uranus, was discovered by Sir William ...

    • Today in History: May 26, ABM treaty signed

      Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year ago

      On May 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in Moscow. In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed a measure creating ...

    • Today in History: May 15, George Wallace shot and paralyzed

      Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year ago

      On May 15, 1948, hours after declaring its independence, the new state of Israel was attacked by Transjordan, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon. In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed an act ...