On This Day in America
To remember our past - to improve the present - to influence the future
Jesse Owens wins his first of four gold medals in Berlin
Jesse Owens - Hero of the Berlin Olympic Games
Ralph Samuelson Rides the World’s First Water Skis (1922)
The Turkey Farmer from Minnesota
Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish diplomat and UN Secretary-General, born this day
“In our age, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action”.
Establishment of Washington, D.C.
“a swampy, humid, muddy and mosquito-infested site on the Potomac River”
Scopes Monkey Trial Begins
“What Scopes represented and what the world came to witness was a colossal clash of ideals.” Inherit the Wind