this day in history

Here's a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1752 – Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (More info) 1775 – George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army (More info)

Here's a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1942 – Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday (More info) 1963 – Civil rights leader Medgar Evers is murdered in Jackson, Mississippi by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith (More info)

Here's a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1962 – Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to successfully escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay (More info) 1963 – Alabama Governor George Wallace stands at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to keep two blac