Video: '1904 Opening Ceremonies of New York City Subway'
(Thursday, October 27, 1904, 2:35 p.m. EST) — New York City entered a new era of urban transportation today with the grand opening of its first subway line. Continue reading New York City celebrates historic opening of first subway line 120 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 27 1904)
Video: 'The American Presidential Election of 1904'
(Saturday, July 9, 1904, 5:45 a.m. local time) — Chief Judge of New York Court of Appeals Alton B. Parker of New York was nominated for president of the United States today by delegates at the 1904 Democratic National Convention meeting at the St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall. Continue reading Democrats nominate Alton B. Parker to challenge U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in general election 120 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 9 1904)
Video: 'The American Presidential Election of 1904'
(Thursday, June 23, 1904, 1:30 p.m. CST) — U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt of New York was unanimously nominated for a full second term today by delegates at the 1904 Republican National Convention meeting at Chicago Coliseum in Chicago. Continue reading Republicans nominate U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt for second term 120 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (June 23 1904)
Video: 'The General Slocum Disaster'
(Wednesday, June 15, 1904, 10:00 a.m. local time) — More than 1,000 people died today when fire erupted aboard the steamboat General Slocum in New York’s East River. Continue reading 1,021 people killed when fire breaks out on steamboat in New York City 120 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 15 1904)
Video: 'The Wright brothers first aeroplane flight (1903)'
(Thursday, December 17, 1903, 10:35 a.m. EST) — Brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright of Dayton, Ohio, conducted the first successful manned powered-airplane flights today four miles south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, at what is now known as Kill Devil Hills, using their experimental craft, the Wright Flyer. Continue reading Wright brothers become first humans in history to successfully pilot an engine-powered airplane near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina 120 years ago this hour (Dec 17 1903)
Video: '1903 World Series Game 1: Pirates vs Americans/Red Sox'
(Thursday, October 1, 1903, 3:00 p.m. EST; during the 1903 World Series) — The first modern World Series, the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada contested between the champion teams of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL), began today between the Boston Americans (the team that would later be known as the Boston Red Sox) and the Pittsburgh Pirates at Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds in Boston. Continue reading First modern World Series opens at Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds in Boston 120 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 1 1903)
Video: '20th Century Limited - Decades TV Network'
(Sunday, June 15, 1902, 2:45 p.m. EST) — The 20th Century Limited, an express passenger train service between New York and LaSalle Street Station in Chicago, Illinois, along the railroad’s “Water Level Route,” began service this afternoon, pulling out of Grand Central Terminal in New York City. Continue reading 20th Century Limited express passenger train service between New York and Chicago inaugurated 120 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 15 1902)
Video: 'Guglielmo Marconi Wireless Telegraphy' (Dec. 12, 1901, at 7:05)
(Thursday, December 12, 1901, 12:30 p.m. Newfoundland Standard Time) — Italian physicist and radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi received the first radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean today, sent 1,700 miles from Poldhu in Cornwall, England to Signal Hill in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada. It was the letter “S” (“…” in Morse code). Continue reading Guglielmo Marconi receives first radio transmission across Atlantic Ocean 120 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 12 1901)
Video: 'Execution of Leon Czolgosz, assassin of McKinley, reenactment for Edison Film Company 1901'
(Monday, October 29, 1901, 7:14 a.m. local time; during the Assassination of William McKinley) — Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist who assassinated U.S. President William McKinley in Buffalo, New York, 45 days ago, was executed this morning by three jolts, each of 1800 volts, at Auburn Prison in Auburn, New York. Continue reading U.S. President McKinley’s assassin executed by electric chair 120 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 29 1901)
Video: 'The Man Who Murdered McKinley: Leon Czolgosz'
(Tuesday, September 24, 1901, 4:20 p.m. EST, during the Assassination of William McKinley) — Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist who shot U.S. President William McKinley twice in Buffalo, New York, on Sept. 6, 1901, was found guilty of McKinley’s murder (he died Sept. 14, 1901) this afternoon following a trial and deliberation that lasted a total of 8 hours and 26 minutes. Continue reading U.S. President William McKinley’s assassin found guilty 120 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 24 1901)
