On this day in 1998, the SCOTUS rules in New Jersey v. New York that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York. Because the New ...
On this day in 1888, five European sheep farmers, recently arrived to the continent of South America, set out to bring the livestock, equipment and laborers necessary to expand sheep farming into the ...
On this day in 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was signed into law by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby. The 19th Amendment prohibits the United States and its ...