Birth of John B. Moore
Judge and lawyer John Bassett Moore was born on December 3, 1860, in Smyrna, Delaware.
Judge and lawyer John Bassett Moore was born on December 3, 1860, in Smyrna, Delaware.
Abolitionist and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth died on November 26, 1883, in Battle Creek, Michigan.
On November 17, 1820, Nathaniel Palmer and his crew became the first Americans to see Antarctica.
On November 12, 1954, Ellis Island closed, after serving as America’s busiest immigration inspection station for over 60 years.
Benjamin Banneker was born on November 9, 1731, in Baltimore County, Maryland.
On October 20, 1944, General Douglas MacArthur fulfilled his promise to return to the Philippines.
On October 5, 1947, US President Harry Truman delivered the first televised White House address.
On September 24, 2016, the National Museum of African American History and Culture opened in Washington, DC.
Mary Church Terrell was born on September 23, 1863, in Memphis, Tennessee.