January 9, 1861: A Union merchant ship, the Star of the West, is fired upon as it tries to deliver supplies to Fort Sumter in Charleston...

January 1, 1863: Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln to free slaves in US confederate states. January 2, 1938: Book...

July 11, 1804: Vice President of the United States, Aaron Burr, mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, in...