Harvey Milk and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone were assassinated by Dan White in 1978. Osiris, a planet outside the Solar System, was found to have an atmosphere with water vapor in 2001. Helen Clark became the first woman elected prime minister of New Zealand in 1999. The “Battle of the Washita River” occurred in […]
Leaders of Allied forces met in Tehran to discuss strategies for ending World War II, including “Operation Overlord”. The US national speed limit of 55mph ended in 1995. The first car race in the USA took place in 1895. The Grand Ole Opry debuted its radio show in 1925. The Times was first printed on […]
A US Army bomber crashed into the Empire State building in 1945, killing 14 people. The devastating Tangshan earthquake in China in 1976 killed 242,000 people. Monica Lewinsky was granted immunity in 1998 for her relationship with President Bill Clinton, leading to his impeachment. Dennis Martinez pitched a perfect game in 1991. The 14th Amendment […]
The Lumiere brothers screened the first commercial movie in Paris (1895), the first test tube baby was born in the US (1981), Muriel Siebert became the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange (1967), Westminster Abbey was consecrated (1065), Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act into law (1973), the first […]
Truman signed the Mutual Security Act in 1951, Canada faced the FLQ crisis in 1970, the first nuclear accident occurred in the UK in 1957, the Outer Space Treaty was issued in 1967, Agnew resigned in 1973, Panama Canal opened in 1913, London Bridge opened in Arizona in 1971, Nazis executed Gypsy children in Auschwitz […]
The Black Thursday crash of 1929 led to the Great Depression, while the 2008 Black Friday crash affected most Western stock markets. The UN was born in 1945, Truman declared an end to the war with Germany in 1951, and Eisenhower pledged military support to South Vietnam in 1954. Other events include the first transcontinental […]
Black Monday caused the Great Recession in 2008, while other events include the conviction of Alger Hiss, the pardoning of draft dodgers by President Carter, and the deaths of Vladimir Lenin and King Louis XVI. Other events include the launch of the Concorde and the first atomic submarine, as well as the beginning of the […]
Iran released 52 US hostages in 1981 after nearly 450 days. The March Against Death, a protest against the Vietnam War, took place in 1969. Franklin Roosevelt was inaugurated for a fourth term in 1941, and the Nazi Party implemented the “final solution” for the Jewish problem in 1942. The English Parliament held its first […]
Germany adopted the swastika as the Nazi symbol in 1935. Tanks were first used in warfare in 1916. Europe’s first free public school opened in 1616. The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing occurred in 1963. Marilyn Monroe’s famous “skirt scene” was filmed in 1954. Zond 5 became the first spacecraft to circle the moon and […]
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 […]
Bloody Sunday sparked the first Russian revolution, Roe v. Wade legalized elective abortion, Queen Victoria died, Swiss Guards arrived at the Vatican, Ted Kaczynski pleaded guilty as the Unabomber, MMR vaccine declared safe, Boeing 747 entered service, Diet of Worms made Martin Luther an outlaw, Apple Macintosh debuted, and Kmart filed for bankruptcy. The first […]
China and Russia agreed to stop targeting nuclear weapons at each other. The US flag was flown in battle for the first time. The Treaty of Paris ended the American Revolutionary War. Steve Fossett went missing while flying over Nevada. A siege on a Russian school ended in over 300 deaths. The Dow Jones hit […]
The United States was named in 1776 and Washington DC was nominated in 1791. The Attica prison riot occurred in 1971, Texas lost land in 1850, and the largest pre-American Revolution slave rebellion happened in 1739. Elvis Presley debuted on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1956, and the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act […]
The Human Genome Project was completed in 2003, Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, Truman received the NSC-68 report in 1950, Titanic sank in 1912, Hepburn and Streisand tied for Best Actress in 1969, first abolition society formed in 1775, Donner Party embarked on journey in 1846, Black Sunday dust storm occurred in 1935, and Steinbeck’s […]
X-rays were discovered by German scientist Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen in 1895. The Civil Works Administration was established by US President Franklin Roosevelt in 1933 to create jobs during the Great Depression, but was terminated in 1934. Hitler’s failed coup attempt, the “Beer Hall Putsch,” took place in 1923. The Murder Act 1965 abolished the death […]
Obama became the first black US president. The US conducted its last atmospheric nuclear test. The first cash register was patented. The Hungarian uprising ended brutally. The first female governor in the US was elected. Iranian students took over the US embassy. King Tut’s tomb was discovered. The NSA was established. Hitler founded the SA. […]
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 […]
John Lennon’s killer was sentenced to prison. The British burned Washington DC in 1814. Amelia Earhart flew nonstop across the US in 1932. Captain Matthew Webb swam across the English Channel in 1875. Maria Teresa de Filippis raced in a Formula car in 1958. The Gutenberg Bible was printed in 1456. Mikhail Gorbachev resigned in […]
Paris liberated from Nazi occupation (1944), New York Sun publishes “Great Moon Hoax” (1835), US President Truman orders seizure of US railroads (1950), discovery of bacteria causing bubonic plague (1894), American Nazi Party leader George Lincoln Rockwell killed (1967), Wizard of Oz movie premieres (1939), Galileo presents first telescope (1609), Voyager 2 makes closest flyby […]
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), […]
