This Day in History: October 2

-Jacques Cartier discovers the area where Montreal, Quebec is located, 1535

-The Geneva Protocol is adopted as a way to strengthen the League of Nations, 1924

-The comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published, 1950

-Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court, 1967

-August Wilson, American playwright, dies, 2005

-Holidays: Independence Day (Guinea)

This Day in History: August 21

-Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion, 1852

-Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player, is born, 1936

-President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order making Hawaii the 50th state in the union, 1959

-The Ruby Ridge standoff occurs in Idaho, 1992

-Holiday: Youth Day/King Mohammad VI's birthday (Morocco)

This Day in History: August 1

-The Acts of Union 1800 is passed in which merges the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 1800

-Slavery is abolished in the British Empire as the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into full effect, 1834

-Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state, 1876

-Germany declares war on Russia leading to the start of World War I, 1914

-Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the government of Pakistan, 1960

- Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head of state, 1980

-MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles, 1981 

This Day in History: July 23

-Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States, dies, 1885

-The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union, 1840

-The Ford Motor Company sells its first car, 1903

-The Fascist Government of Italy bans the use of foreign words, 1929

-The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua, 1961

-Holidays: Revolution Day (Egypt); Renaissance Day (Oman)

Lynn English Sees Increase in Pass Rate on AP U.S. History Exam

Lynn English High School posted a 50% pass rate on the 2012 Advanced Placement United States History Exam. This is up from 33.3% in 2010.

This Day in History: June 14

-American clergyman Rev. Elijah Craig first produces whiskey distilled from maize; it is ultimately named Bourbon because Craig lived in Bourbon County, KY, 1789

-Hawaii becomes a United States territory, 1900

-Norway adopts female suffrage, 1907

-A supposed UFO crash lands in Roswell, NM, 1947

-Pat Summit, former women's basketball coach at the University of Tennessee and the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history (men's or women's) is born, 1952

-Holidays: Flag Day (United States); Freedom Day (Malawi); Mourning and Commemoration Day (Estonia); Mourning and Hope Day (Lithuania); Women's Day (Iraq); World Blood Donor Day (International)

This Day in History: May 16

-President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his impeachment trial by one vote in the United States Senate, 1868

 -In Hollywood, CA, the first Academy Awards are given out, 1929

-The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends, 1943

-The Communist Party of China issues the "May 16 Notice," marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, 1966

-Sammy Davis, Jr. dies, 1990

-Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35-23 National Assembly vote, 2005

-Holidays: Teacher's Day (Malaysia); National Day (Southern Sudan); Mass Graves Day (Iraq)

This Day in History: April 20

-U.S. Congress passes an act establishing the Wisconsin territory, 1836

-The Civil Rights Act of 1871 becomes law 

-Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride, 1902

-Tito Puente, American musician, is born, 1923 (d. 2000)

-Billie Holiday records the first Civil Rights song "Strange Fruit," 1939

-Apollo 16 lands on the moon, 1972

-Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Jefferson County, CO, 1999

This Day in History: March 19

-The U.S. Congress establishes times zones and daylight saving time, 1918.

-Gambling is legalized in Nevada, 1931

-Texas Western becomes the first college basketball team to win the Final Four with an all-black starting lineup, 1966.

-President George W. Bush orders the start of war against Iraq, 2003

This Day in History: March 9

-The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, 6 years before the California Gold Rush, 1842

-The United States Army Air Forces begins The Bombing of Tokyo, one of the most destructive bombing raids in history, 1945

-The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair held in New York, 1959

-The first same-sez marriages take place in Washington, D.C., 2010

-Holiday: Teacher's Day, also known as Eid Al Moalim (Lebanon)

This Day in History: February 24

-In Marbury v. Madison, the U.S. Supreme Court established judicial review, 1803

-Arizona is organized as a U.S. territory, 1863

-The Nazi Party is founded, 1920

-Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba after almost 50 years in power, 2008

-Holiday: Flag Day (Mexico); National Artist Day (Thailand)

This Day in History: February 13

-Spain recognizes Portugal as an independent nation, 1668

-New Delhi becomes the capital of India, 1931

-Stockard Channing, American actress, is born, 1944

-The last original "Peanuts" comic strip appears in newspapers one day after Charles M. Schulz dies, 2000

-Holiday: World Radio Day

This Day in History: February 3

-The Illinois Territory is created, 1809

-The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified guaranteeing voting rights to citizens regardless of race, 1870

-The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the federal government to impose and collect an income tax, 1913

-Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, dies, 1924

-The first day of the seven-day Iran blizzard which would later kill 4,000 people making it the deadliest snowstorm in history, 1972

-A military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner dictator since 1954, 1989

-Holidays: Heroes' Day (Mozambique); Veteran's Day (Thailand)

This Day in History: January 11

-Muhammad leads an army of 10,000 to conquer Mecca, 630

-Alexander Hamilton, first United States Secretary of Treasury, is born, 1755

-The Michigan Territory is created, 1805

-Insulin is first used to treat diabetes in a human patient, 1922

-Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California, 1935

-East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh, 1972

-Holiday: Independence Resistance Day (Morocco)

This Day in History: December 20th

-The Virginia Company loads three ships with settlers and sets sail to establish Jamestown, VA, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas, 1606

-National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam is formed, 1960

-Nato begins peacekeeping in Bosnia, 1995

-Macau is handed over to the People's Republic of China by Portugal, 1999

-Brittany Murphy, American actress, died, 2009

-Holiday: International Human Solidarity Day

This Day in History: December 2nd

-New York City's La Guardia Airport opens, 1939

-Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba, 1976

-Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, 2001

-Holiday: International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (International)

-Birthdays: Britney Spears, American singer (30); Nelly Furtado, Canadian singer (33); Cassie Steele, Canadian actress (22); Monica Seles, Yugoslavian tennis player (38); Carol Shea-Porter, former American Congresswoman (59); Aaron Rodgers, American football player (28)

This Day in History: November 22

-Denver, Colorado is founded, 1858

-Charles de Gaulle, French military general and statesman, is born, 1890

-Lebanon gains independence from France, 1943

-U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX, 1963

-Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco, 1975

-Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany, 2005

This Day in History: November 11

-The Mayflower Compact is signed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod, 1620

-Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist, is born, 1821

-Nat Turner is hanged in Jerusalem, VA after inciting a violent slave uprising, 1831

-Nazi Germany completes its occupation of France, 1940

-Angola declares its independence, 1975

-Holidays: Veteran's Day (USA); Republic Day (Maldives); Singles Day (China); Women's Day (Belgium)

This Day in History: October 27

-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded, 1682

-Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issues the Extermination Order, which orders all Mormons to leave the state or be exterminated, 1838

-Sylvia Plath is born, 1932

-Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African American general in the United States Air Force, 1954

-The Democratic Republic of Congo is renamed Zaire, 1971

-The U.S. prison population tops 1 million for the first time in history, 1994

This Day in History: October 19

-Ferdinand II of Aragon marries Isabella I of Castille, a marriage that results in the unification of Aragon and Castille into a single country, Spain, 1469

-Chief Justice John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States, 1789

-The League of Nations places sanctions on fascist Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia, 1935

-President Richard Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes, 1973

-Black Monday - the Dow Jones Industrial Average drops by  508 points

-Saddam Hussein goes on trial for crimes against humanity in Baghdad, 2005

-Holiday: Mother Teresa Day (Albania)