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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day - History
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Past Number of the Day articles relating to history:
- 163 years ago the Homestead Act of 1862 was signed into law by Abraham Lincoln (May 20, 2025)
- 231 years ago Kentucky was the 15th state admitted to the union (June 1, 2023)
- 93 percent of voters recognize racism as major issue in American history (May 26, 2021)
- 113 years ago West Virginia became the first state to celebrate Mother’s Day (May 7, 2021)
- 56 members of the Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence (January 21, 2021)
- 10 previous presidents have taken office on January 20 (January 20, 2021)
- 32 years ago today George H.W. Bush became first vice president in over a century to declare himself president (January 4, 2021)
- 216 years ago today the U.S. Senate began preparing impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase (November 30, 2020)
- 39 men signed the U.S. Constitution (November 13, 2020)
- 80 years ago today John Lennon was born (October 9, 2020)
- 34 percent of voters recognize Sandra Day O’Connor as first woman to serve on Supreme Court (September 29, 2020)
- 233 years ago today the U.S. Constitution was signed (September 17, 2020)
- 40 years have passed since the last meaningful political convention (August 18, 2020)
- 59 years ago today construction of the Berlin Wall began (August 13, 2020)
- 75 years ago today the Enola Gay dropped atomic bomb over Hiroshima (August 6, 2020)
- 15 months after the War for Independence began, Congress declared independence (July 2, 2020)
- 805 years ago today Magna Carta was accepted by King John (June 15, 2020)
- 413 years ago today the first permanent British settlement in North America was created at Jamestown (May 14, 2020)
- 250 years ago today the Boston Massacre took place (March 5, 2020)
- 103 years ago today the first jazz records were recorded (February 26, 2020)
- 58 years ago today John Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth (February 20, 2020)
- 0 presidents have their birthday on President’s Day (February 17, 2020)
- 85 years ago today the first canned beer was sold (January 24, 2020)
- 18 minutes for Martin Luther King Jr. to deliver “I Have a Dream Speech” (January 20, 2020)
- 246 years ago the Boston Tea Party took place (December 16, 2019)
- 56 years ago today President John F. Kennedy was assassinated (November 22, 2019)
- 230 years ago today New Jersey became first state to ratify the Bill of Rights (November 20, 2019)
- 100 years ago today Veterans Day was first celebrated (November 11, 2019)
- 45 years ago today, Ella Grasso became the first woman elected governor in her own right (November 5, 2019)
- 254 years ago today the Stamp Act went into effect (November 1, 2019)
- 70 years ago today, the People’s Republic of China was created (October 1, 2019)
- 204 New York firefighters have died from 9/11 illnesses (September 11, 2019)
- 60 years ago today, Hawaii became America’s 50th state (August 21, 2019)
- 80 years ago today Orville Wright’s birthday was declared National Aviation Day (August 19, 2019)
- 41 years ago today the idea of ESPN was born (August 16, 2019)
- 50 years ago today the Woodstock Music Festival began (August 15, 2019)
- 400 years ago today, the first representative government was established in the colonies (July 30, 2019)
- 50 years ago today Apollo 11 entered lunar orbit (July 19, 2019)
- 50 years ago today, Apollo 11 took off for the moon (July 16, 2019)
- 243 years ago today, the Continental Congress voted for independence (July 2, 2019)
- 154 years ago today, Union soldiers informed Texas slaves they were free (June 19, 2019)
- 134 years ago today, Flag Day was first celebrated (June 14, 2019)
- 52 years ago today, Thurgood Marshall was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court (June 13, 2019)
- 64 years ago today, schools were ordered to desegregate “with all deliberate speed" (May 31, 2019)
- 56 years ago today, Bull Connor unleashed dogs and fire hoses on African American schoolchildren (May 3, 2019)
- 154 years ago today, Abraham Lincoln died (April 15, 2019)
- 107 years ago today the Titanic set sail (April 10, 2019)
- 54 years ago today was Bloody Sunday in Alabama (March 7, 2019)
- 90 percent of Americans have favorable opinion of Abraham Lincoln (February 18, 2019)
- 66 percent of Americans have favorable opinion of Alexander Hamilton (February 13, 2019)
- 50 years ago today, Apollo 8 took off for the moon (December 21, 2018)
- 245 years ago today, the Body of the People met to discuss the “tea crisis” (December 14, 2018)
- 77 years ago today, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor (December 7, 2018)
- 18.2 million living veterans (November 9, 2018)
- 526 years ago today, Columbus reached the New World (October 12, 2018)
- 231 years ago today, the U.S. Constitution was signed (September 17, 2018)
- 10 years ago this weekend, Lehman Brothers collapsed (September 14, 2018)
- 242 years ago today, colonial politicians caught up to the colonial culture (July 4, 2018)
- 122 years ago yesterday, Harriet Beecher Stowe died (July 2, 2018)
- 51% decline in newspaper circulation since peak in 1984 (June 20, 2018)
- 50 years ago today, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated (June 5, 2018)
- 103 years of Memorial Days before Congress made it official (May 28, 2018)
- 50 years ago today, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated (April 4, 2018)
- 50 years ago today, the Tet Offensive began in Vietnam (January 30, 2018)
- 1,651 words in Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech (January 15, 2018)
- 76 years ago today, first lady Eleanor Roosevelt became first national figure to speak about attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 2017)
- 29 percent of Americans in 1963 thought Oswald acted alone (November 22, 2017)
- 500 years ago today, Martin Luther sparked a revolution (October 31, 2017)
- 150 years ago this weekend, former slaves voted in Virginia (October 20, 2017)
- 295 years ago today, the Father of the American Revolution was born (September 27, 2017)
- 69.4 million Americans born since 9/11 terror attack (September 11, 2017)
- 4 U.S. presidents in last 100 years improved their party's electoral strength (August 1, 2017)
- 57 years ago today Greensboro lunch counter de-segregated (July 25, 2017)
- 12 men have walked on the moon (July 20, 2017)
- 443 days after the fighting began, Congress followed the nation and declared independence (July 4, 2017)
- 10 years ago today, the first iPhone was released—the most revolutionary product ever (June 29, 2017)
- 228 years ago today James Madison proposed the Bill of Rights (June 8, 2017)
- 156,000 Allied troops crossed the English Channel on D-Day (June 6, 2017)
- 1,196,793 military men and women who gave their life for our freedom (May 29, 2017)
- 44 years ago today: Senate Watergate hearings began (May 17, 2017)
- 109 years ago, Congress voted against Mother's Day (May 12, 2017)
- 241 years ago today Rhode Island declared independence from Great Britain (May 4, 2017)
- 70 years ago this weekend, Jackie Robinson broke the Major League color barrier (April 14, 2017)
- 44 years ago today: The Twin Towers opened at the World Trade Center (April 4, 2017)
- 14: The Number of Presidents With Only One Supreme Court Appointment or None (March 28, 2017)
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