July 1st, 1863. The bloodiest battle of Americas Civil War begins between Union and Confederate forces in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 1946. The worlds first peacetime test of nuclear weapon. The United States explodes the 20-kiloton atomic bomb near Bi
July 7th, 2005 I just heard the bang. I looked around, the whole top of the bus and the back of it just came off.In London, suicide terrorist bombings strike three underground stations and a double decker bus. The blasts kill 52 victims and 4 bombers
July 8th, 1853. In Asia, an American expedition led by Commando Matthew Perry arrives in whats now Tokyo Bay, Japan. Its the first step of a US mission that establishes diplomatic and trade relations with Japan, isolated from the West for more than 2
June 18th 1940 In London, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill tells his people to prepare for their struggle against Nazi Germany during WWII. The history of British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years. Man will still say, this
June 15th, 1215. In Runnymede, England, King John signs the Magna Carta, or Great Charter, granting liberties to his barons. The document shapes concepts of democracy and constitutional law around the world for centuries to come. 1904. In New York Ci
June 17th, 1972One of America's greatest political scandals begins to unfold in Washington, D.C.. Five burglars are arrested inside the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex. Lawrence O'Brien at the time thechairman of t
June 14th, 1940During WWII, Paris falls into Nazi hands, as German troops enter France's capital. That same day, in German occupied Poland, the Nazis open a concentration camp, at Auschwitz. 1985,Shiite Muslim militants hijack TWA Flight 847 shortly
May 6th, 1937In Lakehurst, New Jersey, the German dirigible Hindenberg burns into flames and crashes upon arriving for landing. Reporter Herbert Morrison is there. Its a terrific day, ladies and gentlemen. The smoke and the flame now, and the flame i
May 7th,1915, during World War I, a torpedo from a German submarine sinks the Lusitania off the coast of Ireland. Nearly 1200 people aboard the British ocean liner including 128 Americans are killed. The sinking helps push the United States into join
June 1st, 1967. We're Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, we hope you will enjoy the show The Beatles release whats considered one of rocks greatest albums, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. The albums complex and experimental songs make it a
June 5th, 1968So, my thanks to all of you, and now its on to Chicago, and lets win there. In Los Angeles, Senator Robert F. Kennedy is fatally shot, after claiming victory in California's Democratic Presidential Primary. Reporter Andrew West is there
June 7th, 1998In Jasper, Texas, three white men chain a black man James Byrd, Junior to a pickup truck, then drag him to his death. Two of the men who dragged Byrd are later sentenced to death for the crime. The third receives life in prison. 1948,Th
June 2nd 1997In Denver, a federal jury convicts Timothy McVeigh of murder and conspiracy in the Oklahoma City bombing. MK is the mother of one of the 168 people killed in the blast at Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. The emotions have been building
June 3rd, 1965. Get back in. OK. We're on our way and tell everyone go back in now. Astronaut Edward White becomes the first American to walk in space during the Gemini IV mission. 1989, Irans spiritual leader the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini dies in
June 9th 1954On Capitol Hill, US Army counsel Joseph Welch confronts Senator Joseph McCarthy over his tactics in fighting Communist version during the Cold War. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?It's t
June 11th, 1963Alabama governor George Wallace takes a symbolic stand against racial immigration at the University of Alabama. He blocks a doorway on campus, defining a federal court order, allowing two black students to enroll at the school. I deem
June 12th, 1987In the then divided city of Berlin, President Ronald Reagan makes a Cold War challenge to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall. More than two years later, the Berlin Wall falls, as communism collapses acr
June 13th, 1971The New York Times begins publishing The Pentagon Papers --- a leaked, top secret study of America's involvement in Vietnam. President Richard Nixon's administration tries to block further publication in court, citing national security
June 6th, 1944. Allied forces storm the beaches of Normandie, France, in the D-Day invasion of WWII. Commanding the massive operation General Dwight Eisenhower who tells the troops: You are about to embark upon the great crusade towards which we have
May 1st, 2003, weeks after the US-led invasion of Iraq and fall of Saddam Hussein, President George W. Bush announces: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed. Bush speaks fro
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