Today In History

In 1787: The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia began to debate a draft of the U.S. Constitution.

In 1914: Austria-Hungary declared war against Russia, and Serbia declared war against Germany.

In 1926: Gertrude Ederle of New York became the first American woman to swim the English Channel, in 14-1/2 hours.

In 1945: During World War II, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, killing an estimated 140,000 people in the first use of a nuclear weapon in warfare.

In 1965: President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act.