On this day in history, Feb. 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified — granting African American men the right to vote. The amendment declared that the "right of ...
On this day in history, America’s direct intervention in the Vietnam War ended, and the last U.S. combat troops left South ...
On this day in Boston history, the first ever successful phone call was made. Many know the story of the telephone's invention by Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson, ending in the call with ...
They united to form one official New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade in 1848, according to the History Channel. While rowdy celebrations occurred in the U.S., Irish laws mandated pubs be ...