1789
George Washington Inauguration: George Washington took the oath of office in New York City, becoming the first President of the United States.
1945
Death of Adolf...
1910
Rise of Borden Government in Canada: Robert Borden assumes office as Prime Minister of Canada after the Conservative Party secures victory.
1945
Liberation of Dachau Camp:...
1807
The birth of Charles Darwin, the English naturalist whose theory of evolution changed biology forever.
1878
Thomas Edison received a patent for the phonograph, a breakthrough...
1633
Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei appeared in Rome to face the Inquisition for supporting the heliocentric model of the solar system.
1635
The National Academy of Sciences...