Today in history, Fort Donelson, Tennessee, falls to Grant‘s Federal forces, but not before Nathan Bedford Forrest escapes in 1862.
Today in history, Columbia, South Carolina, surrenders to Federal troops in 1865.
Today in history, Bessie Smith makes her first recording “Down Hearted Blues” in 1923.
Today in history, Dupont patents a new thread, nylon, which will replace silk in a number of products and reduce costs in 1937.
Today in history, The British destroyer HMS Cossack rescues British seamen from a German prison ship, the Altmark, in a Norwegian fjord in 1940.
Today in history, Tojo outlines Japan’s war aims to the Diet, referring to “new order of coexistence” in East Asia in 1942.
Today in history, American paratroopers land on Corregidor, in a campaign to liberate the Philippines in 1945.
Today in history, A U.S. flag flies over an outpost in Wilkes Land, Antarctica in 1957.
Today in history, Four persons are held in a plot to blow up the Statue of Liberty, Liberty Bell and the Washington Monument in 1965.
Today in history, China and Japan sign a $20 billion trade pact, which is the most important move since the 1972 resumption of diplomatic ties in 1978.
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