1790 John Tyler, the 10th president of the United States, was born in Charles City County, Va.
1847 U.S. forces led by Gen. Winfield Scott occupied the city of Veracruz after its Mexican defenders capitulated.
1867 The British Parliament passed the North America Act to create the Dominion of Canada.
1867 Baseball Hall of Famer Cy Young was [...]

As the world marks the 200th anniversary of the end of the slave trade, Sarah Left says Ghanaian boys as young as four are still being sold as cheap labour
Kofi Azadavor is sitting stiffly on a bench under a mango tree on his family’s compound, getting up every so often to tend the fire in [...]

1797 Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patented a washing machine.
1834 The U.S. Senate voted to censure President Andrew Jackson for the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States.
1854 Britain and France declared war on Russia during the Crimean War.
1898 The Supreme Court ruled that a child born in the United States [...]

1513 Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sighted Florida.
1625 Charles I ascended the English throne upon the death of James I.
1794 President George Washington and Congress authorized creation of the U.S. Navy.
1836 The first Mormon temple was dedicated, in Kirtland, Ohio.
1917 The Seattle Metropolitans became the first U.S. team to win the Stanley Cup as [...]

Liz Ward-Sneatlum gripped her husband’s hand as she lay on a Seattle hospital bed, hours removed from a second grueling surgery in less than two weeks.
Constrained by a neck brace, the 44-year-old could only look up at the fluorescent lights on the ceiling. Her eyes wandered until she heard the deep, soothing voice of her [...]