This Day in History: Texas joins the Union as the 28th state

This Day in History: Andrew Jackson issues the Nullification Proclamation

This Day in History: Jefferson Davis passes away

This Day in History: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus

This Day in History: Edward Rutledge, youngest signer of the Declaration

This Day in History: Railroad companies create the first time zones

This Day in History: Congress, the U.S. Capitol — and a tornado!?

This Day in History: John Brown tries to incite a slave rebellion

This Day in History: The little-known Battle of Shallow Ford

This Day in History: “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country”

This Day in History: George Washington’s close call at the Battle of the Clouds

This Day in History: Senator John F. Kennedy weds Jacqueline Lee Bouvier

This Day in History: A mysterious death in George Washington’s army

This Day in History: King George III rejects the Olive Branch Petition

This Day in History: The Last Battle of the American Revolution — in Kentucky?!

This Day in History: A B-17 crew fends off nearly two dozen Japanese fighter planes

This Day in History: Senator Robert F. Kennedy is shot by an assassin

This Day in History: John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of Abominations

This Day in History: Naval hero John Paul Jones pens an apology

This Day in History: A Revolutionary War heroine dresses as a man so she can fight