June 24th, 1948. An early Cold War crisis as the Soviet Union cuts off all land and water routes between West Germany and whats then West Berlin. Its an attempt to force the United States and its western allies to abandon the city amid Soviet expansi
July 12th, 100 B.C. Julius Caesar, the Ancient Roman dictator and military conqueror who was assassinated on the Ides of March, is born. 1984,Walter Mondale picks the first woman to run on a major party ticket for the White House. The Democratic pres
July 11th 1995A major step between former foes as the United States normalizes diplomatic relations with Communist Vietnam. That happens more than twenty years after the end of the Vietnam War, which killed 58,000 Americans and three million Vietname
July 13th, 1985. Herere hours to go in this Live Aid show in Philadelphia, and it looks if no ones leaving early. Live Aid, a global rock concert to raise money for starving people in Africa, takes place in London and Philadelphia. The mammoth events
June 29th 1972In Washington, the US Supreme Court effectively voids state death penalty laws with its decision in Furman vs. Georgia. The Court rules against how states are administering the death penalty at the time, calling their laws arbitrary and
July 6th, 1957. They say a hot day is nice. And I've been working like a dogIn Liverpool, England, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, both then in their teens meet for the first time. Just years later, they along with George Harrison and Ringo Starr, ch
July 10th, 1940. The battle of Britain begins during WWII as Nazi forces start attacking southern England by air. Just weeks earlier, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill warned his people to prepare for the assault. If the British Empire and its
July 2nd 1776In Philadelphia, the vote that sets the stage for America's declaration of independence two days later. The Continental Congress passes a resolution saying Britain's 13 colonies are and should be free and independent states. 1964In Washi
July 9th 1896You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.In Chicago, William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech at the Democratic national convention. The speech clinches the Democratic presidential nomination for Bryan but he lo
June 20th, 1893Some folks say she didn't do it, and another say how she did it. But that all dreams of Lizzie.B was a problem kind kidA jury finds Lizzie Borden innocent of murdering her father and stepmother with an axe at their home in Fall River,
June 21st, 1964In Philadelphia, Mississippi, three civil rights workers disappear while trying to help blacks register to vote. Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are ambushed and killed by Ku Klux Klansmen. Six weeks later, their bod
June 16th, 1858In Illinois, Abraham Lincoln launches his US Senate bid with the warning about America's split over slavery , arguing the issue must be resolved. Lincoln says a house divided against itself cannot stand. Three years later, the Civil Wa
June 23rd, 1972In Washington, a key moment for President Richard Nixon and his chief of staff H.R. Haldeman during the Watergate scandal. He discussed using the CIA to block the FBI's probe of the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headqua
June 25th 1950 In Asia, war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula as forces from the communist North invade the non-communist South. United States soon joins the fighting on the side of South Korea. President Harry Truman: Korea is a small county, thous
June 26th, 1963During the Cold War, President John F. Kennedy visits what's then West Berlin, showing solidarity with its citizens against communism. As a free man, I take pride in the words Ich bin ein Berliner. The visit takes place exactly fifteen
June 27th, 1950President Harry Truman orders American air and naval forces into the Korean War, on the side of South Korea. That happens after the United Nations urges its members to help repel communist North Korea's invasion of the non-communist So
June 28th, 1914The event that triggers WWI takes place in the Balkans, in southern Europe. A Serb nationalist assassinates Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo, in what's now Bosnia-Herzegovina. On the same day five years later,
July 3rd, 1863. In Pennsylvania, the battle of Gettysburg ends during America Civil War. Union forces win a major victory as Confederate forces retreat after 3 days of fighting, the wars bloodiest. 1775. A key moment during the American Revolution: G
July 4th, 1776In Philadelphia, the birth of the United States of America, the Continental Congress adopts the Declaration ofIndependence, proclaiming Britain's 13 colonies to be free. 1826,Former Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson each die on
July 5th, 1954. A chapter during the dawn of Rock and Roll takes place at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee. Thats where Elvis Presley records the song Thats all right, mamma. during his first commercial recording session. 1946, the bikini bathing su
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