May 7th
Today in America's Present Past
1700 | Civil Rights: William Penn begins meetings to advocate emancipation.
1718 | Explorer Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville founded the city of New Orleans.
1789 | POTUS: The first Presidential Ball is hosted in New York City, New York.
1847 | The American Medical Association is formed.
1868 | Indian Wars: America’s victory in the Red Cloud War.
1873 | SCOTUS: Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase died.
1873 | U.S. Marines attack Panama.
1892 | Poet Archibald MacLeish was born.
1901 | Actor Gary Cooper was born.
1909 | Entrepreneur Edwin Land was born.
1912 | Columbia University establishes the Pulitzer Prize.
1914 | Congress: Creates “Mother’s Day.”
1915 | Entrepreneur Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt died.
1950 | Journalist Tim Russert was born.
1962 | Daredevil Robbie Knievel was born.
1964 | Journalist Brian Kilmeade was born.
2000 | Actor Douglas Fairbanks died.