The Daily Flashback

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fywooUlcXXc 1806: James Madison Randolph, grandson of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, was the first child born in the White House.1912:…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM3DNpnNv5k 1919: The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibited the sale or transportation of alcoholic beverages, was…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RciM7P9K3FA 1559: England's Queen Elizabeth I was crowned in Westminster Abbey.1892: Triangle magazine in Springfield, MA, published the…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evjEZZbryw0 1900: In Rome, Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca had its world premiere. 1943: Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first U.S.…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoNzemDsX1E 1969: Led Zeppelin's self-titled debut album is released. 1971: Janis Joplin's album Pearl is released, three months after…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WyLhwYFgmk 1770: The first shipment of rhubarb was sent to the United States from London.1902: The first issue of Popular Mechanics…

Happy Birthday, Shawn Colvin! Photograph by Timothy Raab 1776: Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" was published.1870: John D. Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil.1920: The…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LDgfdU-RLg 1902: New York State introduced a bill to outlaw flirting in public.1937: The first issue of Look magazine went on sale on…