Today in History: The Largest Airplane in the World Takes Flight for the First Time
by M.C. MillmanOn December 21, 1988, Antonov An-255 Mriya, the largest airplane in the world, flew for the first time.The behemoth.... read more
Today in History: US House of Representatives Votes to Impeach President Clinton
By M.C. MillmanOn December 19, 1998, after nearly fourteen hours of debate, the US House of Representatives voted to impeach President Bill.... read more
Today in History: The Leaning Tower of Pisa Reopens and Still Leans After Eleven Years of Repairs
by M.C. MillmanIn Mid-December, 2001, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, known as one of the Seven.... read more
Today in History: Last Man to Walk on the Moon
by M.C. MillmanAmerican astronaut, Captain Eugene Cernan has been the last man to have walked on the moon since December 14,.... read more
Today in History: The K Train Ghosts New York
by M.C. Millman While many New Yorkers today have never heard of or barely remember the K train, that would be because, mid-December.... read more
Today in History: The U.S. Enters World War II
by M.C. Millman In 1941, on December 8, the United States entered World War II when Congress declared war against Japan a day after.... read more
Today in History: Disasterous First U.S. Attempt to Launch a Satellite
by M.C. MillmanThe first U.S. attempt to launch a satellite ended in disaster on December 6, 1957, when the rocket carrying it blew up.... read more
Today in History: End of Prohibition
by M.C. MillmanProhibition, the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and a recognized public policy failure was repealed on December 5,.... read more
TODAY: Yohrtzeit of the Stoliner Rebbe, zt”l, Saw Future of Torah and Chassidus in Boro Park
YS Gold Today, chof aleph Kislev, marks the yohrtzeit of the Stoliner Rebbe, Rebbe Yochanan Perlow, zecher tzaddik v’kodosh livracha.... read more
Today in History: Ford Installs First Moving Assembly Line for Cars
By M.C. MillmanOn December 1, 1913, Henry Ford installed the first moving assembly line in Ford’s Highland Park Assembly Plant to.... read more
Today in History: 55 MPH Maximum Speed Limit Requirement for All Fifty States Abolished
by M.C. Millman On this day in history, November 28, 1995, President Bill Clinton signed the act.... read more
Today in History: The Plot to Burn New York City to the Ground
By M.C. MillmanOn this day in history, November 25, 1864, eight southern operatives known as the Confederate Army of Manhattan, plotted to.... read more
Today in History: Sixty-Year Anniversary of JFK’s Assassination
By M.C. MillmanSixty years ago, November 22, 1963, was the day the thirty-fifth president of the United States, President John F Kennedy.... read more
Today in History - Federal Reserve Bank Opens for Business in New York
By M.C. Millman The New York Federal Reserve Bank opened for business on November 16, 1914. Federal Reserve banks were.... read more
Today in History - Ellis Island Closes as Immigration Station
by M.C. MillmanAfter processing twelve million immigrants since its opening in 1892, on November 12, 1954, Ellis Island in upper New York.... read more
Today in History: The Day NYC Went Wild
M.C. MillmanOne of the most notorious media hoaxes of the nineteenth century was published by the New York Herald on November 19,.... read more
Today in History: One World Trade Center Officially Opens
M.C. MillmanThe One World Trade Center officially opened on November 3, 2014, in New York City, built on the site of the Twin Towers.... read more
Today in History: Detonation of 10.4-Megaton Ivy Mike Hydrogen Bomb
M.C. MillmanIn January of 1950, President Truman made his controversial announcement regarding the continued research.... read more