On August 22, 1851, the schooner America triumphed over more than a dozen British ships in a race off the English coast, winning a trophy that would later be known as the America’s Cup.
In 1791, the Haitian Revolution erupted as enslaved people in Saint-Domingue rose up against French colonial rule.
In 1910, Japan formally annexed Korea, a control that lasted until the conclusion of World War II.
In 1922, Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins was fatally shot, reportedly by members of the Irish Republican Army who opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty that Collins had co-signed.
In 1965, a fierce fourteen-minute brawl broke out between the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers after Giants pitcher Juan Marichal hit Dodgers catcher John Roseboro on the head with a baseball bat. Despite the incident, Marichal and Roseboro later reconciled and became lifelong friends.
In 1968, Pope Paul VI made history by becoming the first pope to visit South America, arriving in Bogota, Colombia.
In 1972, John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile took seven employees hostage during a failed robbery at a Chase Manhattan Bank branch in Brooklyn, New York. The standoff ended with Wojtowicz’s arrest and Naturile’s death at the hands of the FBI, an event that inspired the 1975 film “Dog Day Afternoon.”
In 1989, Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, was shot and killed in Oakland, California.
In 1992, on the second day of the Ruby Ridge standoff in Idaho, an FBI sharpshooter killed Vicki Weaver, the wife of white separatist Randy Weaver.
In 1996, President Bill Clinton signed welfare reform legislation that ended guaranteed cash assistance for the poor and imposed work requirements on recipients.
In 2003, Alabama’s chief justice, Roy Moore, was suspended for defying a federal court order to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the rotunda of his courthouse.
Today in History: December 3
Excerpts:Today in History: December 3:
In 1947, the Tennessee Williams play “A Streetcar Named Desire” opened on Broadway.
In 2015, Defense Secretary Ash Carter ordered the armed services to open all military jobs to women.
Today in History: December 2
Today in History: December 2:
In 1804, Napoleon crowned himself emperor of France in a coronation ceremony at Notre Dame de Paris cathedral.
In 2018, Israeli police recommended indicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on bribery charges, adding to a growing collection of legal troubles for the longtime leader.
Today in History: December 1
Today in History: December 1:
In 1955, Rosa Parks, a Black seamstress, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus.
In 1824, the presidential election was turned over to the House of Representatives after none of the candidates (John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William Crawford, and Henry Clay) won over 50% of the electoral vote.
Today in History: November 30
Excerpts:Today in History: November 30:
In 1999, an estimated 40,000 demonstrators clashed with police as they protested against the World Trade Organization in Seattle.
In 1936, London’s Crystal Palace exhibition hall was destroyed by a massive fire.
In 1993, President Bill Clinton signed the Brady Bill, which required a five-day waiting period for handgun purchases
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