On This Day In History
Did You Know?
In market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first true western showdown
Today in History in 1865
Would You Believe?
World’s lowest-ever natural temperature recorded −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F; 184.0 K) at Soviet Vostok Station, Antarctica
Today in History in 1983
July 22nd
1099 First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem
1456 Battle at Nandorfehervar (Belgrade): Hungarian army under Janos Hunyadi beats Sultan Murad II
1515 First Congress of Vienna settles issues between Poland and Holy Roman Empire – rise of the Habsburgs influence
1942 Warsaw Ghetto Jews (300,000) are sent to Treblinka Extermination Camp
1963 Sarawak achieves independence from British colonial rule
2011 Norway is the victim of twin terror attacks, the first a bomb blast targeting government buildings in central Oslo, second a massacre at a youth camp on island of Utøya
Did You Know?
Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing of Canada
Today in History in 1793
Would You Believe?
Crew of Belgium RV Belgica see 1st sunrise in 1600 hrs – 1st expedition to endure Antarctic winter
Today in History in 1898