This Day in History
On this day in history in 1910, the first celebration of this now-annual holiday honoring dads took place in Spokane, Washington.
What is Father's Day?
This U.S. president was assassinated in 1865 while attending a play at Ford’s Theatre.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
He was the wise and gentle father of Wally and Beaver Cleaver on Leave It to Beaver.
Who is Ward Cleaver?
Juneteenth celebrates the end of this in the United States.
What is slavery?
This baby animal shares its name with a human infant and grows up to become a cat.
What is a kitten?
On this day in history in 1865, Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, bringing news of the Emancipation Proclamation, over two years after it was issued, leading to the annual celebration of this holiday.
What is Juneteenth?
In 1963, this U.S. president was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas.
Who was John F. Kennedy?
This TV dad kept his cool in a household of three sons, his wife Carol, and her three daughters on The Brady Bunch.
Who is Mike Brady?
Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when Union troops arrived in this Texas city with news that the enslaved were free.
What is Galveston?
This floppy-eared baby is called a calf before it grows up to moo.
What is a cow?
On this day in history in 1896, this American socialite, later the Duchess of Windsor, was born; her relationship with King Edward VIII led to his abdication of the British throne.
Who was Wallis Warfield Simpson?
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in this Southern city in 1968.
What is Memphis?
Played by Andy Griffith, this sheriff dad raised his son Opie in the town of Mayberry.
Who is Andy Taylor?
Though the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863, many enslaved people in Texas didn’t learn about it until this year.
What is 1865?
Before it grows up to hop around your backyard, this baby is known as a kit or kitten.
What is a rabbit?
On this day in 1867, Austrian Archduke Maximilian was executed by firing squad after ruling, briefly and unsuccessfully, as Emperor of this country.
What is Mexico?
This younger brother of JFK and former U.S. Attorney General was assassinated in 1968 while running for president.
Who was Robert F. Kennedy?
This father, played by Robert Young, was known as the calm and steady head of the Anderson family on Father Knows Best.
Who is Jim Anderson?
This U.S. president signed a law in 2021 making Juneteenth a federal holiday.
Who is Joe Biden?
A joey doesn’t hop alone—it’s the baby of this marsupial from Down Under.
What is a kangaroo?
On this day in history in 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg became the first American civilians executed for this crime, following failed appeals and a global plea for clemency.
What is espionage?
This world leader and nonviolent activist was assassinated in 1948 in New Delhi, just months after leading India to independence.
Who was Mahatma Gandhi?
This dad from Bonanza raised his three sons—Adam, Hoss, and Little Joe—on the Ponderosa Ranch.
Who is Ben Cartwright?
The name “Juneteenth” is a blend of these two words.
What are June and nineteenth?
This exotic baby is called a cygnet before it becomes a graceful, gliding adult.
What is a swan?