Roosevelt urged Congress to repeal Neutrality Acts to help European nations facing Nazi Germans. France abolished monarchy. B-29 bomber made its debut and was used to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Marcos declared martial law in the Philippines. Investment banks became traditional holding companies. Women were admitted to the Military Institute of Virginia. Congress granted $15 billion to US airlines after 9/11 attacks. Benedict Arnold committed treason.
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt urged Congress to repeal the Neutrality Acts. (1939) President Roosevelt wanted to make sure the United States could offer help to European nations facing Nazi Germans. Neutrality laws were passed in the early 1930s and banned military assistance to foreign nations. Congress finally agreed to amend the acts on November 4. The United States entered World War II in 1941 when Pearl Harbor was bombed.
France was declared a republic and the monarchy was abolished. (1792) King Louis XVI was tried and found guilty of treason for acts of conspiracy with foreign countries committed during the French Revolution. He and Queen Marie Antoinette were imprisoned and executed on the guillotine.
The Superfortress bomber made its maiden flight. (1942) The US B-29 bomber was the largest bomber ever used in the world. It could carry almost its own weight and fly higher than 30,000 feet (about 9,144 meters). It made its bombing debut on June 5, 1944, when the United States bombed Bangkok to help the Allies liberate Burma from Japan. It was the only aircraft that could carry a 10,000 lb (about 4,535 kilograms) atomic bomb and was the aircraft that was used to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The world’s first Mach 3 bomber has taken to the air. (1964) North American Aviation’s XB-70 Valkyrie could fly at an altitude of 70,000 feet (about 21,000 meters) at Mach 3 airspeed. It was the only aircraft at the time capable of avoiding enemy fighters.
The Philippines has been placed under martial law. (1972) Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos was finishing his second term as president and by the laws of the country he could not stand again. To stay in power, he used the political leverage to declare martial law and rule the nation as a dictatorship or a monarchy. He remained in power until 1986, when he called democratic elections. The election fueled the people power revolution and he was forced into exile.
The last remaining independent investment banks in the United States have become traditional holding companies. (2008) The subprime mortgage crisis in the United States forced investment banks Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs to become bank holding companies, effectively ending Wall Street investment banking.
Monday Night Football debuted in the United States. (1970) The show originally aired on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) network until 2005: it was ABC’s second-longest running primetime television show. It is now shown on the ESPN network.
Women were admitted to the Military Institute of Virginia for the first time. (1996) In the wake of a US Supreme Court ruling in United States v. Virginia that made it illegal for a publicly funded school to refuse admission to women, VMI’s board considered becoming private. After being told the school would lose the ROTC program if it went private, the board voted 8-7 to grant admission to women. Two months after the vote, the US Congress passed a law preventing the Department of Defense from removing a ROTC program from any military college.
The US Congress passed a bill granting US airlines $15 billion US dollars to recover losses incurred from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. (2001) US airspace was closed after the terrorist attacks for several days, interrupting the journey of passengers. When flights resumed, passenger air travel fell by more than 20%, exacerbating the financial damage to US airlines.
US General Benedict Arnold has committed treason. (1780) Arnold began making arrangements to give West Point to the British Army in exchange for a position in the British Army and a large amount of money. The plan was exposed before his execution and Arnold was forced to flee to England with his name now identified as “traitor”.
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