Exchanging History for Fun!
A place to exchange stories or research you come by that is interesting
Welcome
Welcome to The History Exchange.com.
I love history, whether studying or researching or just reading something about history I didn't know. So I started collecting different things about history, maps, pictures, etc. But I also needed someplace to store this great information, thus The History Exchange. I get to play with two of the things I like most, web development and history. I hope you find some interesting information here and feel free to send me a note.
Today in History
1788    Australia Day
1861    Kansas becomes 34th state
1900    American (baseball) League formed with 8 teams
1904    1st athletic letters given: to Univ of Chicago football team
1919    Prohibition goes into effect (18th amendment)
1920    Walt Disney starts 1st job as an artist $40 week with KC Slide Co
1922    Union of Costa Rica Guatemala Honduras & El Salvador dissolved
1936    1st players elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1955    William Cox buys Yankee Stadium
1958    Charles Starkweather captured by police in Wyoming
1959    Walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" is released
1984    41-B (STS-11) Challenger launched
1986    193.8 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
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