The 26th Amendment to the US Constitution, ratified in 1971, prohibits age-based denial of voting rights for those aged 18 or older. It was adopted in response to student antiwar activism and a Supreme Court decision. The amendment has two sections, with the second reserving the right of Congress to enforce it. The ratification process […]
Kennedy declared solidarity with Berliners in 1963, the Focke-Wulf Fw 61 helicopter took off in 1936, Christmas became a federal holiday in the US in 1870, and the US Supreme Court ruled against gay sex bans and forced the Virginia Military Institute to admit women in 2003 and 1996 respectively. The Pied Piper story occurred […]
Studio 54 opened in 1977, becoming a hub for celebrities during the disco era. The Chernobyl disaster occurred in 1986, while the first US presidential visit to China since Nixon happened in 1984. Other events include John Wilkes Booth’s death in 1865, English colonists reaching Virginia in 1607, and the Gestapo’s formation in 1933. Studio […]
India became a republic under Nehru (1950), Soviet troops liberated Auschwitz (1945), Janet Travell became the first female presidential physician (1961), the Rum Rebellion occurred in Australia (1808), a whale exploded in Taiwan (2004), Franco captured Barcelona (1939), St. Petersburg was renamed Leningrad (1924), Brazil was discovered by Vicente Yanez Pinzon (1500), African American troops […]
The world’s first bionic heart was implanted in a human in 1994, but the patient died nine months later. Other events include the successful test of an ICBM by the Soviet Union in 1957, the first televised Major League Baseball game in 1939, and the birth of Mother Teresa in 1910. The world’s first bionic […]
Tupolev-144 flies before Concorde (1975), tsunami kills 50,000 in Southeast Asia (2004), Countess Bathory’s crimes discovered (1610), coffee maker patented (1865), Beatles’ first US single released (1963), wood pulp paper introduced (1854), King Lear performed for King James I (1606), Kwanzaa celebrated for first time (1966), personal computer named Time Man of the Year (1982), […]
Thanksgiving Day was established in the US in 1789, while King Tut’s tomb was opened in 1922. Gasoline rationing was announced in 1942, France launched its first satellite in 1965, and China entered the Korean War in 1950. The heaviest rain in history was recorded in 1970, while California vigilantes lynched two murder suspects in […]
The first US presidential debate was held in 1960, and the next one wasn’t until 1976. The Soviet government ended press censorship in 1989. The first American soldier was killed in Vietnam in 1945. A global nuclear war was narrowly avoided in 1983. The deadliest battle in US military history took place in 1918. The […]
The House Un-American Activities Committee began in 1938, investigating Communist infiltration. Alse Young was executed for witchcraft in 1647. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was first published in 1896. The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made in 1908. Feral child Kaspar Hauser was discovered in 1828. The Indian Removal Act […]
US troops leave Beirut (1984); Napoleon escapes Elba (1815); Berlin Act signed, leading to European colonization of Africa (1885); Luftwaffe reformed (1935); Grand Canyon and Grand Tetons National Parks dedicated (1919, 1929); Britannia launched, later sunk in WW1 (1914); first pneumatic subway demonstrated in NYC (1870); US lifts travel ban on Libya (2004); Baring’s Bank […]
Andrea Yates found not guilty by reason of insanity for drowning her five children. NASA launched Space Shuttle Discovery after the Columbia disaster. Jimmy Hoffa convicted of fraud and conspiracy, later disappeared. Greg Maddux struck out his 3,000th batter. The United States Postal Service was established. Grasshoppers destroyed crops in the Midwest. The first recorded […]
The USA PATRIOT Act was signed in response to 9/11, giving law enforcement more power. Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty in 1994. The OK Corral firefight took place in 1881. King George III authorized military force to end the American Revolution in 1775. An experimental baboon heart transplant was performed in 1984. Benjamin […]
