Nevada is site of first-ever underground nuclear explosion - 09/19/2018

ON THIS DAY On this day in 1957, the United States detonates a 1.7 kiloton nuclear weapon in an underground tunnel at the Nevada Test Site (NTS), a research center located 65 miles north of Las Vegas. The test, known as Rainier, was the first fully contained underground detonation... Keep Reading → Read Time: approx. 0:15

George Washington lays the Capitol Cornerstone - 09/18/2018

ON THIS DAY On this day in 1793, George Washington lays the cornerstone to the United States Capitol building, the home of the legislative branch of American government. The building would take nearly a century to complete. – History Photo by Andy Feliciotti (@someguy) on Unsplash... Keep Reading → Read Time: approx. 0:13

Battle of Antietam breaks out - 09/17/2018

ON THIS DAY Beginning early on the morning of this day in 1862, Confederate and Union troops in the Civil War clash near Maryland’s Antietam Creek in the bloodiest single day in American military history. – History... Keep Reading → Read Time: approx. 0:09