History for January 1 - On-This-Day.com Paul Revere 1735, Betsy Ross (Elizabeth Griscom) 1752, George Washington Carver 1860 J. Edgar Hoover (U.S.) 1895, Barry Goldwater 1909, J.D. Salinger 1919 1863 - U.S. President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that all slaves in the rebel states were free. 1959 - Fidel Castro overthrew the government of Fulgencio Batista, and seized power in Cuba.
No comments:
Post a Comment