by qdmhistory | Feb 28, 2022 | Popular
On February 28, 1854, the Republican Party was officially formed. The occasion took place in Ripon, Wisconsin, where members of the Whig Party gathered for the purpose of establishing a new political affiliation. The Whig Party was formed in 1833; at the time, it was...
by qdmhistory | Feb 27, 2022 | Popular
Women’s magazines can be found in stores everywhere, as well as online. They’re incredibly popular. Almost every woman’s magazine today was started within the last 100 years, which could lead some people to believe that they’re a relatively...
by qdmhistory | Feb 26, 2022 | Popular
Galileo Galilei was a physicist and astronomer who lived in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries and is today considered by many to be the father of modern science. He was one of the earliest and most influential scientists to argue in favor of...
by qdmhistory | Feb 25, 2022 | Popular
On February 25, 1901, U.S. Steel was formally incorporated at the behest of J. P. Morgan, a Wall Street corporate banker and financier during the Gilded Age of the United States. The Gilded Age, which lasted the last thirty or so years of the 19th century, was a...
by qdmhistory | Feb 24, 2022 | Popular
February 24, 1868. The Civil War had been over for a few years, and the Reconstruction wasn’t going well. Lincoln had been assassinated and replaced with Andrew Johnson, a Southern Democrat with a strong sympathy for the Confederate rebels. The Northern...
by qdmhistory | Feb 23, 2022 | Popular
On February 23, 1945, one of the most iconic battles in the history of the U.S. Marines reached a turning point in a moment that has since become one of the most recognized moments of World War II. When the battle began just four days earlier, everything seemed like...
