This Week in American History
The Capitol, Washington, D.C.
2012
February
Feb. 5-11, 1779: George Rogers Clark Captures Vincennes
January
Jan. 29-Feb. 4, 1787: Oliver Evans Brings the New Nation Into the Machine Age
Jan. 22-28, 1787: Shays' Rebellion: Britain Foments a Counterrevolution in Massachusetts
Jan 15-21, 1780: Benjamin Franklin Not Getting Any Older
Jan. 8-14, 1785 and 1793: Benjamin Franklin and Friends Lay the Basis for Manned Flight
Jan. 1-7, 1941: FDR's "Four Freedoms" Speech Outlines Objectives of U.S. Foreign Policy
2011
December
Dec. 25-31, 1767: Birth of Nicholas Roosevelt, Who Made a Steamboat Link to the American West
Dec. 18-24, 1783: Washington Resigns His Commission; — Returns to Mount Vernon on Christmas Eve
Dec. 11-17, 1777: The Conway Cabal Attempts To Slander and then Replace General George Washington
Dec. 4-10, 1863: President Lincoln Reports to Congress — On the State of the Union
November
Nov. 27 - December 3, 1955: Rosa Parks Refuses To Go to the Back of the Bus
Nov. 6 - 12, 1794: A Daring Attempt To Rescue Lafayette from Prison
October
October 30 - November 5, 1932: Roosevelt, Hoover Offer Clear Choice — In Presidential Campaign
October 23 - 29, 1787: Hamilton Leads Battle To Ratify the Constitution
October 16 - 22, 1932: FDR Campaigns Against 'The Gospel of Fear'
October 9 - 15, 1932: FDR's Decisive Presidential Campaign
October 2 - 8, 1781: Gen. Washington Begins Siege of Yorktown
September
Sept. 25 - Oct. 1, 1768: Samuel Adams Faces Down Gov. Hutchinson — British Troops Driven from Boston
Sept. 18 - 24, 1806: Lewis & Clark Return from Expedition
Sept. 11-17, 1810: Mexico Goes to War for Independence
Sept. 4-10, 1716: Spotswood and His Knights of the Golden Horseshoe Reach the Shenandoah River
August
Aug. 28 - Sept. 3, 1776: Washington Saves the Continental Army from Sure Destruction on Long Island
August 21 - 27, 1935: Public Utilities Holding Company Act
August 14 - 20, 1935: Social Security Act
August 7 - 13, 1939: FDR Extends Social Security Coverage To Conquer 'Human Want and Fear'
July
July 31 - August 6, 1864: Admiral Farragut 'Damns the Torpedoes'; Enters Mobile Bay
July 24 - 30, 1957: Founding of the International Atomic Energy Agency
July 17 - 23, 1944: Conclusion of the Bretton Woods Conference
July 10 - 16, 1789: The Low-Down on Bastille Day
July 3 - 9, 1776: Text of the Declaration of Independence
June
June 26 - July 2, 1646: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz's Birthday
June 19-25, 1848: Congressman Abraham Lincoln Assails President Polk's Veto of Internal Improvements
June 12 - 18, 1933: A Review of FDR's First Hundred Days
June 5 - 11, 1933: FDR Signs the Gold Standard Act
May
May 29 - June 4, 1868: Memorial Day Proclaimed
May 22 - 28, 1787: Constitutional Convention Begins
May 15 - 21, 1933: National Industrial Recovery Act Introduced
May 8 - 14, 1933: The Federal Emergency Relief Administration
May 1 - 7, 1933: FDR's Second Fireside Chat
April
April 24 - April 30, 1803: The Louisiana Purchase 1943: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
April 17 - 23, 1933: Gold Standard vs. Gold Reserve
April 10 - 16, 1933: The Tennessee Valley Authority
April 3 - 9, 1933: Provisions of the Glass-Steagall Banking Act
March
March 27 - April 2, 1933: FDR Re-regulates the Financial System
March 20 - 26, 1933: FDR Launches Public Works
March 13 - 19, 1933: Emergency Banking Act Goes Into Effect
March 6 - 12, 1933: Franklin D. Roosevelt's Inaugural Address
February
February 27 - March 5, 1933: The Reichstag Fire
Feb. 20-26, 1732: George Washington's Birthday
Feb. 13-19, 1847: Lincoln on the Presidential Power to Make War
Feb. 6-12, 1809: Abraham Lincoln's Birthday
January
Jan. 30-Feb. 5, 1690: America's First Paper Money
Jan. 23-29, 1943: The Casablanca Conference
Jan. 16-22, 1706: Benjamin Franklin's Birthday
Jan. 9-15, 1588 How John Winthrop Organized a Republic — In the Wilderness
Jan. 2-8, 1412: Birth of Saint Jeanne D'Arc
2010
December
Dec. 26, 1862-Jan. 1, 1863: Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation Goes Into Effect
Dec. 19-25, 1776: Crossing the Delaware River Before Dawn on Christmas Day
Dec. 12-18, 1790: Hamilton's Report on a National Bank
Dec. 5-11, 1863: Lincoln's Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction
November
Nov. 28-Dec. 4, 1823: The Monroe Doctrine
Nov. 21-27, 1963 and 1863: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Nov. 14-20, 1777: The Articles of Confederation
Nov. 7-13, 1933: The Civil Works Administration
Oct. 31 - Nov. 6, 1825: Completion of the Erie Canal
October
Oct. 24-30, 1648: The Treaty of Westphalia
Oct. 17-23, 1781: Victory at Yorktown
Oct. 10-16, 1988: LaRouche's Forecast of German Reunification
September
Sept. 23-30, 1935: Completion of the Boulder Dam
September 16-22, 1787: Ratification of the U.S. Constitution
September 9-15, 1993: The Oslo Accords
September 1 - 7: The Treaty of Paris, 1783; The Assasination of President McKinley, 1901
August
August 26-31, 1963: March on Washington, D.C. for Civil Rights
August 19-25, 410 A.D.: The Sack of Rome
August 15, 1971: Nixon Ends Bretton Woods
Aug. 4-11, 1945: On the Anniversary of Hiroshima — The First Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction
July
July 29-August 4, 1735: Freedom of the Press
July 22-28, 1969: Man on the Moon
July 14-20, 1787: The Northwest Ordinance
July 8-14, 1776: British Response to the Declaration of Independence
July 1-7, 1776: Signing the Declaration of Independence
June
June 24-30, 1776: Writing the Declaration of Independence
June 16-22, 1933: Hitler Dictatorship Established in Germany
June 10-16, 1933: Summary of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First 100 Days
March
March 18 - March 24, 1933: The Civilian Conservation Corps
March 11 - March 18, 1933: Emergency Banking Act
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