This Day in History

This Day in History: August 10, 1939 - 'The Wizard of Oz' premieres in Green Bay

The film franchise went on to earn an estimated $393 million after being adjusted for inflation

This Day in History: August 4, 1939 - Cave of the Mounds discovered accidentally

The Mounds were designated a national landmark in 1988

This Day in History: August 3, 1983 - Wausau Center Mall opens

Business slowed in the 2010s and demolition of the mall began in 2021

This Day in History: July 31, 1895 - Madison hotel burns down

Tonyawatha Spring Hotel located on Lake Monona burned down causing 50 people to lose their...

This Day in History: July 30, 1967 - Riot in Milwaukee kills 4, injures over 100

The unrest began due to housing discrimination and police brutality

This Day in History: July 29, 1958 - NASA is created

President Dwight Eisenhower signed the National Space Act, creating NASA, during the heat of...
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This Day in History: July 28, 1888 - Steambarge Helena launched from Sheboygan

The first book placed in the library was a 1535 edition of the Coverdale Bible

This Day in History: July 27, 1953 - UW Madison opens new Memorial Library

Marie Schuette Towle earned the title after solo flying an airplane on her 16th birthday. She...

This Day in History: July 24, 1923 - Nation's youngest female pilot born in Wausau

Bryan Kohlberger was sentenced to 4 life sentences without parole after pleading guilty to...

This Day in History: July 23, 2025 - University of Idaho killer sentenced

87 prisoners took the hostages in a 13-hour standoff at the prison, which ended peacefully the...

This Day in History: July 21, 1976 - Prisoners take 14 hostages at Waupun Prison riot

Roosevelt spent 13 years as president, and the 22nd amendment was passed after his death in...

This Day in History: July 20, 1944 - Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated for fourth term as president

The legislation raised the legal drinking age from 18 to 21

This Day in History: July 17, 1984 - Congress passes 'National Minimum Drinking Age Act'

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This Day in History: July 16, 1969 - Apollo 11 takes off from Cape Kennedy