by Matilda Cruz | Jan 10, 2021 | History
On January 11, 1964, U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry released a groundbreaking report titled “Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service.” This monumental document, the result of an extensive...
by Matilda Cruz | Jan 9, 2021 | History
Today in history, on January 9, 2007, Apple announced the first iPhone at the MacWorld Conference in San Francisco. CEO Steve Jobs presented the company’s first smartphone as a “revolutionary and magical product.” The iPhone had secretly been in...
by Matilda Cruz | Jan 8, 2021 | History
Today in history, on January 8, 1935, famous singer Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi. The boy who would one day be known as the “King of Rock and Roll” was born to Gladys and Vernon Presley, with a twin brother who was stillborn 35 minutes...
by Matilda Cruz | Jan 7, 2021 | History
On January 7, 1782, the Bank of North America officially opened in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, becoming the first commercial bank in the United States. The Revolutionary War had left the American colonies in a state of financial turmoil. The Continental Congress...
by Matilda Cruz | Jan 6, 2021 | History
On January 6, 1412, a baby girl was born in the small village of Domrémy in northeastern France. This girl, Joan of Arc, would one day change history. A peasant with an unshakeable belief in her divine mission, she became one of France’s most enduring symbols of...
