This Day in History

Here’s a brief look back in time on this day, February 9th. In 1942, the United States begins losing an hour of sleep in the fall and gains one in the spring as Daylight Savings Time gets instituted nationally by Congress. It was first implemented towards the end of World

Here’s a brief look back in time on this day, February 8th. In 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots was executed at Fotheringhay Castle for her role in the Babington Plot: an assassination attempt on Queen Elizabeth I. In 1904, a surprise attack on Russia brought by the Empire of Japan

Here’s a brief look back in time on this day, February 7th. In 1904, a fire breaks out in the basement of the John E. Hurst Company on Redwood Street in Baltimore, MD. The blaze would quickly stretch across an 80-block radius from the business district to the harbor due

Here’s a brief look back in time on this day, February 6th. In 1937, notable writer and novelist John Steinbeck would grace future high school English classrooms with the classic tale of two migrant workers toiling to achieve the American Dream: Of Mice and Men. In 1952, George VI passes