by qdmhistory | Feb 22, 2022 | Popular
On February 22, 1825, Russia and Britain signed a treaty that formally established the Alaska-Canada boundary. The treaty, known as the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1825 or the Treaty of Saint Petersburg, defined the boundaries of the colonial lands under the control...
by qdmhistory | Feb 21, 2022 | Popular
February 21, 1972, was the start of the week that changed the world, as President Richard Nixon put it. He called it that because it was the start of his eight-day visit to communist China, something that no U.S. president had done since the founding of the...
by qdmhistory | Feb 20, 2022 | Popular
On February 20, 1792, George Washington signed the Postal Service Act, creating the Post Office that still delivers the mail today. Prior to that, there had been a sort of ad hoc colonial postal service with little organization. It didn’t really work that well....
by qdmhistory | Feb 19, 2022 | Popular
Aaron Burr, Vice President under Thomas Jefferson, found himself facing the charge of treason on February 19, 1807. These charges stemmed from an alleged conspiracy that claimed Burr had been attempting to amass a group of powerful and influential businessmen,...
by qdmhistory | Feb 18, 2022 | Popular
Considered one of the most important theological works of the 17th century, The Pilgrim’s Progress was first printed on February 18th, 1678. The 432-page book was written by John Bunyan, a puritan preacher who first began work on the novel during his stay in a...
by qdmhistory | Feb 17, 2022 | Popular
Michael Jordan is a retired NBA basketball player who earned the MVP award five times while leading the Chicago Bulls to six championships. MJ is a former professional basketball player, Olympian, businessman, and actor. From the mid-1980s until the late 1990s, he was...
