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
June 10th, 1967In the Mideast, the six-day war between Israel and its Arab neighbors ends with a ceasefire mediated by the United Nations. During the war, Israel seized the Sinai Peninsula, the West Bank including East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and t
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 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
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 Cit
June 16th, 1858In Illinois, Abraham Lincoln launches his US Senate bid with a 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 War b
June 17th, 1972. One of Americas greatest political scandals begins to unfold in Washington D.C. Five burglars are arrested inside the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex. Larry O'Brien at that time the chairman of the
June 18th, 1940 In London, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill tells his people to prepare for their struggle against Nazi Germany during WWII. That if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, This w
June 20th, 1893A jury finds Lizzie Borden innocent of murdering her father and stepmother with an axe at their home in Fall River, Massachusetts. The grisly killings and Borden's trial receive massive media attention for its time in the United States
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. D
August 17th, 1969Hurricane Camille slams into the Gulf Coast, making landfall just east of the mouth of the Mississippi River. The Category 5 storm kills more than 250 people, more than 35 years before Hurricane Katrina devastates the region. 1998 Th
August 9th, 1945The United States drops a second atomic bomb on Japan during World War II. This time, the target is the city of Nagasaki, where the nuclear blast kills an estimated 74,000 people. President Harry Truman: If Japan does not surrender, b
August 12th, 1972The last American combat troops leave Vietnam. All remaining US troops are withdrawn the next year as part of the Paris Peace Accords. Vietnam is reunified under Communist rule more than 2 years after that ceasefire agreement is reac
July 30th, 1975Former Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa disappears in suburban Detroit. His son James P. Hoffa: The circumstances involved in the disappearance lead us to the conclusion that we'll never see him again. Although Hoffa is presumed d
August 4th, 1944During World War II, Anne Frank and her family are among eight people arrested in German-occupied Amsterdam. That happens when Nazi police raid the secret annex of her father's office building where they have been hiding. Anne's fathe
August 3rd, 1492 Explorer Christopher Columbus sets sail from Spain on his first voyage across the Atlantic that takes him to the present-day Americas. 1914 Europe deepens its ascendant World War I as Germany declares war on France just days after de
July 31st, 1964Ranger 7 transmits pictures of the Moon back to Earth before the American space probe smashes onto the lunar surface. Five years later, the first man set foot on the Moon during NASAs Apollo11 mission. 1777A young nobleman from France
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 Wash
July 3rd, 1863. In Pennsylvania, the battle of Gettysburg ends during Americas Civil War. Union forces win a major victory as Confederate forces retreat after 3 days of fighting the worlds bloodiest. 1775. A key moment during the American Revolution:
July 4th, 1776In Philadelphia, the birth of the United States of America, the Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming Britain's 13 colonies to be free. 1826,Former Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson each die o
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