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Here's what happened on March 30th! 1746: Spanish painter Francisco Goya was born in Fuendetodos, Spain. Goya rejected the obsessive detail and te...

Here's what happened on March 23rd! 1806: The Corps of Discovery (Lewis and Clark Expedition) loaded their gear into canoes and headed for home. T...

Here's what happened on March 16th! 1739: American Revolutionary patriot George Clymer was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was one of six m...

Here's what happened on March 8th! 1768: According to legend, Tecumseh, leader of the Shawnee tribe, was born near present-day Springfield, Ohio....

Here's what happened on March 2nd! 1770: Friction between colonists and British troops quartered in Boston led to riots. Three days later, Crispu...

Here's what happened on February 23rd! In honor of the Academy Awards this weekend... we've added a biography of Katherine Johnson! Johnson, mathe...

Here's what happened on February 9th! 1773: The ninth president of the United States William Henry Harrison was born in Charles City County, VA. H...

Here's what happened on February 2nd! Yearly: Happy Groundhog Day! The woodchuck is one of the earliest animals to go into winter quarters and one...

Here's what happened on January 12th! 1737: John Hancock was born in Braintree, Massachusetts. Hancock, the first person to sign the Declaration o...

The first FactCite #TBT of 2017! Here's what happened on January 5th! The month of January is named after the Roman god Janus. The Romans believ...

Here's what happened on December 29th! 1429: Joan of Arc was raised to the rank of nobility for her services to France. This honor meant little to...

Here's what happened on December 22nd! 1696: James Edward Oglethorpe was born in London, England. The English general and founder of Georgia found...