Today In History

In 1773: The Boston Tea Party took place as American colonists boarded a British ship and dumped more than 300 chests of tea overboard to protest tea taxes.

In 1916: Gregory Rasputin, the monk who’d wielded powerful influence over the Russian court, was murdered by a group of noblemen.

In 1944: The World War II Battle of the Bulge began as German forces launched a surprise counter-attack against Allied forces in Belgium.

In 1950: President Truman proclaimed a national state of emergency in order to fight “communist imperialism.”