Anti-French riots in Morocco and Algeria killed hundreds (1955). Voyager 2 launched with a phonograph record (1977). First worldwide telegram sent (1911). Professional football organized (1920). Menendez brothers killed parents (1989). U.S. Postal Worker shooting (1986). First commercial news radio station began (1920). Train collision in India killed 358 (1995). Darwin published theory of evolution (1858). “Black Saturday” during Yellowstone fires (1988).
Hundreds of people were killed in anti-French riots in Morocco and Algeria. (1955) The National Liberation Front (FLN) killed 123 people, including elderly women, children and 77 French citizens. The events sparked a riot and fueled political unrest.
NASA launched Voyager 2, which carried a phonograph record into space. (1977) Unmanned space probe carried the 12-inch (30-centimeter) copper disc, which contained music, nature sounds, and greetings in many languages. The probe is also the only probe to have flown by Uranus and Neptune.
The first worldwide telegram has been sent. (1911) The New York Times newspaper sent the telegram to test the speed of sending a message around the world: it took 16 minutes and 30 seconds.
Professional football was organized for the first time. (1920) Seven men, including football star Jim Thorpe, met in Canton, Ohio and formed the American Professional Football Conference (APFC), the forerunner of the National Football League (NFL).
Lou Gehrig hit a career Grand Slam of No. 23, setting a new record. (1938) Gehrig played for the New York Yankees; his record still stands today.
The two Menendez brothers killed their parents. (1989) The two brothers, Lyle and Erik, shot their parents to death and then went to the movies to establish an alibi. They called 911 when they got home from the movies to report the murders. Though initially not suspects, the two brothers were eventually sentenced to life in prison.
U.S. Postal Worker Patrick Sherrill shot and killed 14 colleagues, and then himself. (1986) The Edmond, Oklahoma shooting is generally accepted as the event that gave rise to the phrase “going post.”
The world’s first commercial news radio station hit the airwaves. (1920) WWJ (AM), initially known as 8MK, began its news broadcasts in Detroit, Michigan.
In northern India, two trains collided, killing 358 people. (1995) The accident was caused by unsafe railways and the presence of a cow on the tracks. A train hit the cow, damaging its brakes and disabling the train. The next express to pass did not know there was a disabled train and was unable to stop in time. 358 people were killed and more than 400 were injured in the worst train crash in India’s history.
Darwin published his theory of evolution. (1858) Darwin’s theory published in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, right next to a similar theory alleged by rival scientist Alfred Russel Wallace.
It occurred on “Black Saturday,” the worst day of the 1988 Yellowstone fires. (1988) The 1988 Yellowstone fires were a series of wildfires that escalated into the largest wildfire in park history. On “Black Saturday,” fires burned more than 234 square miles (610 square kilometers) of the park. In total, the fires have burned over 35 percent of the park.
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