Today in History

Today in History

1486 Henry VII marries Elizabeth of York.

1701 Frederick III, the elector of Brandenburg, becomes king of Prussia.

1778 Captain James Cook discovers the Hawaiian Islands, naming them the ‘Sandwich Islands’ after the First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Sandwich.

1836 Jim Bowie arrives at the Alamo to assist its Texas defenders.

1862 John Tyler, former president of the U.S., is buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.

1902 The Isthmus Canal Commission in Washington shifts its support from Nicaragua to Panama as a favored canal site.

1910 Aviator Eugene Ely performs his first successful take off and landing from a ship in San Francisco.

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