July 1, 1916: Britain’s Bloodiest Day

At 7:30 a.m. on July 1, 1916, whistles blew across the British trenches in northern France, marking the start of what would become the single bloodiest day in British military history. The First Day of the Battle of the Somme—a major Allied offensive against…

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June 30, 1882: An Assassin Goes For A Swing

On June 30, 1882, a presidential assassin met his fate following his shooting of President James Garfield, a wound that eventually killed the 20th president.  The National Parks service explains that even by nineteenth-century standards, “Guiteau was obviously mentally ill. He considered himself a…

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