Robert F. Kennedy was shot and killed in 1968. The Apple II computer went on sale in 1977, selling millions. Elvis Presley’s Hound Dog scandalized America in 1956. Five people were diagnosed with AIDS in 1981. Constantinople burned in 1870. The US abandoned the gold standard in 1933. Edward, Duke of Windsor died in 1972. […]
The text covers various events, including the first SAT exam (1926), Lorena Bobbit cutting off her husband’s penis (1993), the first attempt to go around the world in a single-engine plane (1931), the birth of the International Olympic Committee (1894), the patent for the typewriter (1868), the registration of the Mercedes brand (1902), John Gotti’s […]
The US Constitution was ratified by New Hampshire in 1788. KKK members killed civil rights activists in 1964. John Hinkley Jr. was found not guilty by reason of insanity in 1982 for shooting President Reagan. Josef Mengele’s skeleton was identified in 1985. Jean-Paul Sartre was born in 1905. The WNBA debuted its first game in […]
Benjamin Franklin conducted electrical experiments, Saab released its first car, Alcoholics Anonymous was founded, the first class of the US Naval Academy graduated, Joe Nuxhall became the youngest major league baseball player, James Earl Ray escaped from prison, NASA launched the Spirit Rover to Mars, the last episode of The Sopranos aired, the first witch […]
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 […]
The US Army was founded in 1775. Auschwitz opened in 1940, becoming the largest concentration camp with an estimated three million deaths during WWII. The US flag was adopted in 1777, and bourbon was first distilled in 1789. The Marihuana Tax Act was passed in 1937, making the drug illegal. Superman was introduced in 1938, […]
The US Army was founded in 1775, Auschwitz opened in 1940, and the US flag was born in 1777. Reverend Elijah Craig distilled the first bourbon in 1789, and a tax on marijuana was instituted in 1937. Superman was born in 1938, and Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, was born in 1811. […]
Amelia Earhart flew over the Atlantic, later disappeared. Statue of Liberty arrived in US as a gift from France. Watergate burglars arrested, led to Nixon’s resignation. OJ Simpson arrested for murder. Population Registration Act repealed in South Africa. Union Station massacre occurred. Supreme Court ruled against Bible verses in school. Republican Party held first convention. […]
Al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed by the US Air Force in 2006. Gandhi committed his first act of disobedience in 1893, while the use of contraception for married couples was legalized in the US in 1965. The first successful ascent of Mt. McKinley was achieved in 1913, and Homer Plessy’s arrest led to […]
Queen Elizabeth II was crowned in 1953, the Rolling Stones launched their first US tour in 1964, and Bhutan got its first TV transmission in 1999. Other events include a tornado outbreak in 1990 and Timothy McVeigh’s conviction for the Oklahoma City bombing in 1997. Queen Elizabeth II was crowned. (1953) More than 3 million […]
On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in Sarajevo, triggering a chain of events that led to World War I. https://x-playn/cosa-e-successo-il-28-giugno
Donald Duck debuted in 1934 in “The Wise Little Hen.” Heidi Fleiss was arrested in 1993 for pimping and narcotics possession. The Harvard Corporation was founded in 1650. Alice Huyler Ramsey became the first woman to drive across the US in 1909. Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 600th home run in 2008. King Bhumibol Adulyadej […]
ET movie released (1982), Committee of Five drafts Declaration of Independence (1776), Timothy McVeigh executed for Oklahoma City bombing (2001), US Congress recognizes Antonio Meucci as inventor of telephone (2002), US Supreme Court rules flag-burning is constitutional (1990), Alcatraz escape successful (1962), Supreme Court rules abortion is constitutional right (1986), Jeanette Rankin born, first female […]
The world’s first commercial telephone was installed by Alexander Graham Bell in 1877. Other events include the acquittal of Lizzie Borden, Muhammad Ali’s conviction being overturned, and the release of Jaws. Nicole Kidman and John Goodman were born. The world’s first commercial telephone is installed. (1877) Alexander Graham Bell installed telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario […]
BTK serial killer pleads guilty to 10 murders in 17 years. The Panic of 1893, the worst economic depression in US history prior to the Great Depression, occurred. The world’s first ATM was installed in England. The do not call list started in the US. The first nuclear power plant in Russia was inaugurated. A […]
The first roller coaster was installed in Brooklyn in 1884, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space in 1963, Roosevelt’s New Deal began in 1933, the first commercial aircraft hijacking occurred in 1948, Ford Motor Co. was incorporated in 1903, Bob Dylan recorded “Like a Rolling Stone” in 1965, Geronimo was born in 1829, […]
The US Air Force denies that the Roswell incident involved alien bodies, while controversy and conspiracy theories continue. John Cabot saw North America in 1497, possibly Canada or Newfoundland. Germans in 1374 experienced St. John’s Dance, possibly caused by a poisonous mushroom. The Humber Bridge, once the longest suspension bridge, opened in 1981. O Canada […]
Apple sold 200,000 iPhones on its first day in 2007, with over 50 million sold worldwide. The US shuttle Atlantis docked with the Russian space station Mir in 1995, creating the largest artificial satellite. The US Supreme Court ruled the death penalty cruel and unusual in 1972, but it was reinstated in 1976. President Roosevelt […]
Kodachrome film was discontinued after 72 years, Galileo retracted his view, John Lennon’s killer pleaded guilty, and the US Supreme Court protected cross-burning as free speech. Other events include the creation of the DOJ, the lowering of the US voting age, and the signing of the GI Bill. Meryl Streep was born, Fred Astaire and […]
The first Corvette was produced in 1953, Hong Kong was handed back to China in 1997, the US Supreme Court ruled against homosexual acts in 1986, Spain legalized same-sex marriage in 2005, Tonya Harding was banned for life from figure skating in 1994, The Guiding Light made its TV debut in 1952, a French acrobat […]
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