The American Civil War was a conflict fought between 1861 and 1865 that pitted the Union (northern) states against the Confederacy (southern) states. The war arose primarily over issues related to slavery. In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed an act that admitted West Virginia to the Union, thus dividing Virginia…

The first American college football bowl game, known as the Rose Bowl, was held on January 1, 1902, in Pasadena, California. The game featured the University of Michigan Wolverines and the Stanford University Cardinal. The Rose Bowl was originally designed as a way to showcase college football to the East…

The Gadsden Purchase, also known as the Treaty of La Mesilla, was a treaty signed in 1853 between the United States and Mexico. The treaty was signed in the wake of the Mexican-American War, which ended in 1848 with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Under the terms…

Muriel Siebert was an American businesswoman who made history on December 28, 1967 by becoming the first woman to earn a seat on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). This was a significant achievement, as at the time, the NYSE was a male-dominated institution and women were not allowed to…

Show Boat is a musical play with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics and librettist by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is considered to be the first true American musical play and opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway in December 27, 1927. The play tells the story of the lives…