Eric Vincent

On This Day in History - November 5, 1862: American Indian Wars: In Minnesota, 303 Dakota warriors are found guilty of rape and murder of whites and are sentenced to death. Thirty-eight are ultimately hanged and the others reprieved. #EVHistoryDaily

On This Day in History - October 27, 1948: A deadly smog event begins in Donora, Pennsylvania, eventually killing 20 and sickening thousands. #EVHistoryDaily

On This Day in History - October 26, 1881: Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday participate in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. #EVHistoryDaily

On This Day in History - October 25, 1812: War of 1812: The American frigate, USS United States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captures the British frigate HMS Macedonian. ##EVHistoryDaily

On This Day in History - October 24, 1926: Harry Houdini's last performance takes place at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit. #EVHistoryDaily

On This Day in History - October 23 1868: Meiji Restoration: Having taken the shogunate's seat of power at Edo and declared it his new capital as Tokyo, Mutsuhito proclaims the start of the new Meiji era. #EVHistoryDaily

On This Day in History - October 22, 1746: The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter. #EVHistoryDaily

On This Day in History - October 21, 1854: Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses are sent to the Crimean War. #EVHistoryDaily

On This Day in History - October 20, 1572: Eighty Years' War: Three thousand Spanish soldiers wade through fifteen miles of water in one night to effect the relief of Goes. #EVHistoryDaily

On This Day in History - October 19, 1781: American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end. #EVHistoryDaily

On This Day in History - October 18, 1356: Basel earthquake, the most significant historic seismological event north of the Alps, destroys the town of Basel, Switzerland. #EVHistoryDaily

On This Day in History - October 17, 1814: Eight people die in the London Beer Flood. #EVHistoryDaily

On This Day in History - October 16, 1909: William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination. #EVHistoryDaily

On This Day in History - October 15, 1888: The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators. #EVHistoryDaily

On This Day in History - October 13, 1908: Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and becomes the first woman to speak there. #EVHistoryDaily

On This Day in History - October 12, 1901: President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House. #EVHistoryDaily

On This Day in History - October 11, 1968: NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful crewed Apollo mission. #EVHistoryDaily

On This Day in History - October 10, 1913: U.S. President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal. #EVHistoryDaily

On This Day in History - October 9, 1779: American Revolutionary War: A combined Franco-American assault on British defenses during the Siege of Savannah is repulsed with heavy casualties. #EVHistoryDaily

On This Day in History - October 8, 1956: The New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series. #EVHistoryDaily

On This Day in History - October 7, 1870: Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon. #EVHistoryDaily

On This Day in History - October 6, 1789: French Revolution: King Louis XVI is forced to change his residence from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace. #EVHistoryDaily

On This Day in History - October 5, 1921: The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio. #EVHistoryDaily

On This Day in History - October 4, 1993: Battle of Mogadishu occurs killing 18 U.S. Special Forces, two UN Peacekeepers and at least 600 Somalian militia men and civilians. #EVHistoryDaily

On This Day in History - October 3, 1789: George Washington proclaims Thursday November 26, 1789 as Thanksgiving Day. #EVHistoryDaily

On This Day in History - October 2, 1967: Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court. #EVHistoryDaily

On This Day in History - October 1, 1964: The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. #EVHistoryDaily

On This Day in History - September 30, 1954: The U.S. Navy submarine USSNautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel. #EVHistoryDaily

On This Day in History - September 29, 1940: Two Avro Ansons collide in mid-air over New South Wales, Australia, remain locked together, then land safely. #EVHistoryDaily

On This Day in History - September 28, 1781: American Revolution: French and American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown. #EVHistoryDaily