First Americans Sight Antarctica
On November 17, 1820, Nathaniel Palmer and his crew became the first Americans to see Antarctica.
On November 17, 1820, Nathaniel Palmer and his crew became the first Americans to see Antarctica.
On December 3, 1989, the USPS issued its first postal item to be produced with a hologram – a 25¢ stamped envelope picturing a space shuttle docking at a space station.
Explorer, soldier, and politician Meriwether Lewis was born on August 18, 1774, in Ivy, Albemarle County, Virginia.
On July 16, 1769, Franciscan friar Junipero Serra founded California’s first Catholic mission.
On March 1, 1872, president Ulysses S. Grant signed legislation establishing Yellowstone National Park, the first such park in the world.
On December 10, 1817, Mississippi was admitted to the Union as the 20th state.
On September 25, 1513, explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa became the first European to lay eyes on the Pacific Ocean.
On August 21, 1770, James Cook landed on the eastern coast of Australia and named the land New South Wales.
On June 1, 1792, Kentucky was admitted as America’s 15th state.