Freedom’s Journal, which began publication in New York City on March 16, 1827, was the first black newspaper.
Co-founders Samuel E. Cornish and John B. Russwurm explained in their first issue, “We wish to plead our own cause. Too long have others spoken for us.”
Margaret Jones of Charlestown, Massachusetts, was the first person executed for witchcraft in America, on June 15, 1648. This was nearly five decades before the Salem witch trials of 1692– 93.
In 1901, John Pierpont Morgan financed the merger that resulted in the formation of U.S. Steel, the first billion-dollar company.
Scottish-born American privateer John Paul Jones said, “I have not yet begun to fight” in 1779, during the Revolutionary War.
In November 1775, the Continental Congress advised that a regiment have eight companies of 91 officers and men apiece, for a total of 728. The actual size of the regiments varied per state.
About 15 million Model Ts were sold when the iconic car was being produced.
The composer Cole Porter wrote nearly 800 songs and two dozen musicals, including Kiss Me, Kate (1948) and Can-Can (1953).