North and South Dakota Admitted to the Union
On November 2, 1889, North and South Dakota became our 39th and 40th states.
On November 2, 1889, North and South Dakota became our 39th and 40th states.
On October 31, 1864, Abraham Lincoln admitted Nevada to the Union to aid in the Civil War.
John Adams was born in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts, on October 30, 1735.
On October 29, 1929, the worst stock market crash in history occurred, marking the start of the decade-long Great Depression.
On October 28, 1776, George Washington led the 14,000–man Continental Army in the Battle of White Plains against British General William Howe’s 20,000 redcoats.
Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt was born October 27, 1858, in New York City, the second of four children.
On October 26, 1881, the Earp brothers took on the Clanton-McLaury Gang at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
On October 24, 1861, Western Union joined the eastern and western lines in Salt Lake City, Utah, completing the Transcontinental Telegraph.
On October 21, 1892, Chicago held the dedication ceremony for the World’s Columbian Exposition, which officially opened to the public the following May.