Henry Knox, born July 25, 1750, was best known for his continuous military service under General Washington for the duration of the...
The tendency of steamboats to blow up and catch fire became such a concern by 1838 that the U.S. Congress created the...
Crystal Eastman wanted to change the world for women and change the way women lived in the world. A suffragette, magazine editor...
The Portland Rum Riot erupted on June 2, 1855, when the city’s Irish working-class residents found out something about their teetotaling, saloon-raiding...
In 1847, a Maine ship captain invented the donut as we know it today – with a hole. On the day Lewis...
On May 21, 1901, the Connecticut Legislature passed a speed limit law aimed at mitigating a brand-new menace on the roads: the...