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While Mr. Edision was not in fact the first to create the light bulb, we as the first to greatly improve upon its strength and lifetime, as well as practicality. -
Einstein was born to a humble German family in the late 19th century. Later in his life, he would go on to become won of the most renowned physicists of all time. Today, his name is synonyms with intelligence. -
Charles J. Guiteau was a political opponent of the president, and, through some ill-founded logic, decided to kill him. He shot him twice at a train station in early July. While most historians and doctors today agree that with modern medical practices Garfield would have easily survived his wound, he passed away from it two months later. -
In mid-1886, a pharmacist from Georgia named John Pemberton created a tonic that turned out to taste really good as well. Today, it is one of the largest soda companies in the world ad sells millions every year. -
On this day, the Statue of Liberty was officially dedicated in New York Harbor. It was a gift of friendship from France. When dedicated, it originally was a bronze color, as it was pure copper. Today, however, it has oxidized and is now green. -
The Eiffel Tower, named after Gustave Eiffel, an engineer, is a 330-meter tall iron monolith in the middle of Paris, France. It was built for the 1889 World Fair and has captured the hearts and minds of tourists since that very day. -
The Battle of Wounded Knee was fought between the Lakota Indians and soldiers in the US Army. It turned into a massacre, with almost 300 Indians dead. It also marked one of the last large-scale fights between the two forces. The Natives, for the most part, had now been relocated onto reservations and the fighting was over. -
The brainchild of Frenchman Pierre de Coubertin, the first Olympic games in millennia were held in Athens, Greece. 14 nations participated in 9 different sports. Today, this event has grown to the largest sporting event on earth with thousands of athletes and dozens of sports.
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Following the discovery of gold in Yukon, Alaska, almost 100,000 people traveled to the region to strike it rich. Few actually made it there, and even fewer got rich off it.
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After becoming involved in the Cuban War of Independence, fighting broke out between the US and Spain. The war would only last a few months and only have minor casualties, but nevertheless, it resulted in America gaining Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philipines, as well as Cuban independence.