The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators," occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina... #todayinhistory #history #ushistory #americanhistory

US Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia: Students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley... #todayinhistory #history #ushistory #americanhistory

U.S. Exploring Expedition authorized to conduct exploration of Pacific Ocean and South Seas, first major scientific expedition overseas. LT Charles Wilkes USN, would lead the expedition in surveying South America, Antarctica, the Far East, and the North Pacific... #todayinhistory #history

William Clark and 42 men depart from Camp Dubois to join Meriwether Lewis at St Charles, Missouri, marking the beginning of the Lewis & Clark Expedition's historic journey up the Missouri River... #todayinhistory #history #ushistory

Mexican–American War: The United States declares war on the Federal Republic of Mexico following a dispute over the American annexation of the Republic of Texas and a Mexican military incursion... #todayinhistory #history #ushistory

English colonists led by John Smith establish Jamestown at a second landing near the James River in Virginia - first permanent English settlement in North America... #todayinhistory #history #ushistory #americanhistory

The Adler Planetarium, America's first planetarium, opened its doors to the public (Chicago, Illinois)... #todayinhistory #history #ushistory

The Donner Party of pioneers departs Independence, Missouri for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship and cannibalism... #todayinhistory #history #ushistory

King William’s War, the North American theater of The War of the Grand Alliance, begins... #todayinhistory #history #ushistory #americanhistory #kingwilliamswar

Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar, Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More & Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar, a series of guitar solo albums by Frank Zappa, are originally released as mail-order, individual albums through Barking Pumpkin. They were subsequently reissued as a t

Vietnam War: Bloody 10-day battle at “Hamburger Hill” begins... #todayinhistory #history #ushistory #vietnamwar

Evelyn and Paul Trent take the McMinnville UFO photographs (Oregon)... #todayinhistory #history #ushistory

Montana's Glacier National Park forms... #todayinhistory #history #ushistory