Videos: 'Oscar Straus'
(Monday, December 17, 1906, 9:00 a.m. local time) — Oscar Straus, nominated by President Theodore Roosevelt, became the first Jewish Cabinet member today when he was sworn in as the third U.S. Secretary of Commerce and Labor. Continue reading Oscar Straus becomes first Jewish Cabinet member 110 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 17 1906)
Videos: 'The Crime of the Century'
(Monday, June 25, 1906, 11:05 p.m. local time) — Architect Stanford White was shot to death tonight atop New York’s (second) Madison Square Garden, which he had designed, by millionaire Harry K. Thaw, who was apparently enraged over what he viewed as White’s defilement of his wife, Evelyn Nesbit (when Nesbit was a teenager) just as the first performance of the musical comedy Mam’zelle Champagne was drawing to a close. Continue reading Millionaire Harry Kendall Thaw murders architect Stanford White 110 years ago this hour (June 25 1906)
Video: 'Eleanor & Franklin (1976) - ABC: Wedding Day'
(Friday, March 17, 1905, afternoon local time) — President Theodore Roosevelt visited New York City today to attend the wedding of his niece, Eleanor Roosevelt, 20, to her fifth cousin and future president Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 23, at the home of Eleanor’s grandmother on East 76th Street. The president gave the bride away. Continue reading Franklin Roosevelt marries Eleanor Roosevelt in New York City 110 years ago today (Mar 17 1905)
Video: '1904 Olympics History Day Project'
(Friday, July 1, 1904) — The 1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, opened today in St. Louis, Missouri, with 651 athletes participating. Continue reading 1904 Summer Olympics open in St. Louis 110 years ago today (July 1 1904)
Video: 'Building the US Panama Canal Zone 1904'
(Wednesday, May 4, 1904) — The U.S. formally took control of the Panama Canal today, inheriting from the French a depleted workforce and a vast jumble of buildings, infrastructure and equipment, much of it in poor condition.
Video: MADAMA BUTTERFLY - "La Scala 17/02/1904"
(Wednesday, February 17, 1904) — Giacomo Puccini’s opera Madama Butterfly had its world premiere today at La Scala in Milan, Italy, presented in two acts. After this disastrous premiere, Puccini withdrew the opera and substantially rewrote it, this time in three acts.
Video: 'Port Arthur The Fall of Western Supremcy and the Rise of the Japenese Empire 2'
(Tuesday, February 9, 1904, 12:28 a.m. local time) — The Russo-Japanese War, a conflict over control of Manchuria and Korea, began today as the Japanese fleet under Admiral Togo Heihachiro launched a surprise torpedo boat destroyer attack on the Russian ships at Port Arthur.
Video: 'The Baltimore Fire - Sleeping Corpse Revival'
(Sunday, February 7, 1904, 10:48 a.m.) — The Great Baltimore Fire began today in Baltimore that raged for about 30 hours and destroyed a major part of central Baltimore, including over 1,500 buildings covering an area of some 140 acres. 1,231 firefighters were required to bring the blaze under control. Five lost lives were later attributed indirectly to the fire.
Video: 'The 1903 Iroquois Theater Fire - Chicago (HQ)'
(Wednesday, December 30, 1903, about 3:15 p.m.) — At least 605 people died today when fire broke out at the recently opened Iroquois Theater in Chicago. It is the deadliest theater fire and the deadliest single-building fire in United States history.
Video: 'Enrico CARUSO ~ La donna e' mobile (RIGOLETTO) - Disco Zonofono X-1555 - 1903 rec.'
(Monday, November 23, 1903) — Enrico Caruso made his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, appearing in Rigoletto.
