JFK was assassinated in 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald. Margaret Thatcher resigned as UK Prime Minister in 1990. Concorde’s supersonic flights began in 1977, and the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber was presented in 1988. The Humane Society of the United States was founded in 1954, and Toy Story was the first CGI feature film in 1995. Denver was established in 1858, Blackbeard was killed in 1718, and the Cutty Sark was launched in 1869. Mike Tyson became the youngest US heavyweight champion in 1986.
US President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. (1963) Lee Harvey Oswald shot President Kennedy in Dallas, Texas during a presidential motorcade. He was arrested about an hour and a half later after killing a policeman who tried to question him. Oswald was charged on Nov. 23, but during a transfer to prison on Nov. 24, he was shot and killed on live TV by a nightclub owner named Jack Ruby.
The first female Prime Minister of Great Britain has resigned from her post. (1990) Margaret Thatcher became the first woman to serve as Prime Minister of Great Britain on May 4, 1979. She resigned from office after failing to win the support of her Cabinet for an upcoming election. She was Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990.
Regular scheduled flights on the Concorde supersonic passenger jet between New York and Paris and London began for the first time. (1977) Supersonic flights began after the US Supreme Court overturned the ban on the Condorde, which stemmed from complaints about the sonic boom. Concorde was retired in 2003.
The US Army stealth bomber was presented to the public for the first time. (1988) The aircraft was designed to infiltrate enemy territory undetected. The B-2 Spirit had a wingspan approximately half the size of a football field and cost more than $1 billion US dollars (USD) per aircraft, not including $40 billion in development costs. While successful, the original order for 132 aircraft was reduced to 21 after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
The US Humane Society is founded. (1954) The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is the world’s largest animal welfare agency. In 1991, HSUS established an international arm that allowed it to carry out its animal welfare operations worldwide.
Debuted the first feature film in history created solely through computer-generated imagery (CGI). (1995) The film, Toy Story, was the first creation of the Pixar branch of Disney.
Denver, Colorado is established. (1858) Originally founded as Montana City by gold rush prospectors, the city was later named Denver City after Governor James W. Denver, who was the territorial governor of Kansas. The name was shortened to Denver in 1867 when it was named the Territorial Capital.
The British pirate “Blackbeard” has been killed. (1718) Also known as Edward Thatch or Edward Teach, the notoriously feared pirate was killed by British Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard when he and his team of seamen successfully boarded Blackbeard’s ship Adventure.
The last surviving clipper was launched on her maiden voyage. (1869) The Cutty Sark, also one of the last ships of her kind ever built, was launched from Dumbarton, Scotland. She Now She is a museum ship housed in London, England.
Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion in US boxing history. (1986) In his first title fight, at age 20 years and four months, Tyson beat Trevor Berbick.
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