Video: 'Island of Hope, Island of Tears (DVD Print)'
(New Year’s Day, Friday, January 1, 1892, shortly after an 8:00 a.m. EST inspection) — Ellis Island, a federally-owned island in New York Harbor that was the busiest immigrant inspection station in the United States, formally opened today. Continue reading Ellis Island Immigrant Station formally opens in New York Harbor 130 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 1 1892)
Video: 'Did You Know: Abraham Lincoln's First Vice President'
(Independence Day, Saturday, July 4, 1891, 8:15 p.m. local time) — Hannibal Hamlin, the 15th vice president of the United States from 1861 to 1865 during the administration of President Abraham Lincoln, which included all but the last month of the American Civil War, died tonight in Bangor, Maine. He was 81. Continue reading Former U.S. Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, 81, dies in Bangor, Maine 130 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 4 1891)
Video: '29th December 1890: Lakota Sioux massacred at Wounded Knee'
(Monday, December 29, 1890, morning local time; during the Wounded Knee Massacre, part of the Ghost Dance War and the Sioux Wars and the American Indian Wars) — Nearly 300 Lakota men, women, and children were massacred by soldiers of the United States Army today near Wounded Knee Creek on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. 25 soldiers also died.
Continue reading Nearly 300 Lakota Sioux slaughtered by federal troops at Wounded Knee, South Dakota 130 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 29 1890)
Video: 'A KID EXPLAINS SITTING BULL'
(Monday, December 15, 1890, between 12 noon and 1:00 p.m. local time) — Sitting Bull, a Hunkpapa Lakota leader who led his people during years of resistance against U.S. government policies, and 11 other tribe members were killed today in Grand River, South Dakota, during a confrontation with Indian police.
Continue reading Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull killed in skirmish with Indian agency police 130 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 15 1890)
Video: 'Dwight D. Eisenhower Biography: Military General and U.S. President'
(Tuesday, October 14, 1890) — Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961, was born today in Denison, Texas. Continue reading U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower born in Denison, Texas 130 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 14 1890)
Video: '6th August 1890: William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair'
(Wednesday, August 6, 1890, 6:38 a.m. local time) — The first legal execution by electric chair in the world was carried out today as William Kemmler, 30, of Buffalo, New York, was put to death at Auburn Prison in New York for the ax murder of his common law wife, Tillie Ziegler. Continue reading First execution by electric chair carried out at Auburn Prison in New York 130 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 6 1890)
Video: 'Idaho Statehood Day 1990 (KTVB Boise)'
(Thursday, July 3, 1890, 10:00 a.m. in Washington, D.C.) — Idaho, located in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, became the 43rd state today with the signing of the act of admission by President Benjamin Harrison. Continue reading Idaho admitted as 43rd state admitted to the Union 130 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 3 1890)
Video: '25th January 1890: Nellie Bly circumnavigates the world in 72 days'
(Saturday, January 25, 1890, 3:51 p.m. local time) — Elizabeth Cochran Seaman, better known by her pen name Nellie Bly, a reporter for the New York World, arrived today in Jersey City, New Jersey, completing a record-breaking round-the-world journey in 72 days, 6 hours and 11 minutes. Continue reading Nellie Bly completes record-breaking trip around the world 130 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 25 1890)
Video: 'Ebru Today - DC Connection - V.P. Garret Augustus Hobart'
(Tuesday, November 21, 1899, 8:30 a.m. local time) — Garret Hobart, the 24th Vice President of the United States since March 4, 1897, during the administration of President William McKinley, died this morning of heart disease at his home in Paterson, New Jersey. Continue reading U.S. Vice President Garret Hobart dies 120 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 21 1899)
Video: 'The Spanish American War | History Channel Documentary' (war ends at 34:45)
(Friday, August 12, 1898, 4:23 p.m. localar time; during the Spanish–American War) — The Spanish-American War effectively today with the signing in Washington of a Protocol of Peace between the United States and Spain. Continue reading Spanish-American War hostilities ends 120 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 12 1898)
