August 16th, 1977I just never took the time. You were always on my mind. You were always on my mind.The last chapter for the King of Rock and Roll in Memphis, Tennessee. That's where singer Elvis Presley dies at his Graceland Mansion, at age 42. Hear
August 25th, 1944During World War II, allied forces in Europe liberate Paris, ending 4 years of Nazi Germanys occupation of the French capital. 1875Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim the English Channel, making the journey from Bri
August 24th, 79 B.C. Catastrophe strikes as the long-dormant Mount Vesuvius erupts east of Naples in what's now Italy. Volcanic ash buries the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, killing an estimated 20,000 people. 1992Hurricane Andrew smashes i
August 27th, 1883One of the world's most devastating explosions is the island volcano Krakatoa erupts in the south Pacific. The resulting tidal waves in Indonesia killed some 36,000 people on the islands of Java and Sumatra. 1908We have the opportuni
August 30th, 1862During the American Civil War, the second battle of Bull Run ends in Manassas, Virginia. Union forces are defeated by the Confederates on the site of the war's first major clash the previous year. 1967In Washington, the Senate confir
September 2nd, 1945World War II officially ends, six years in a day after the fighting began. Thats when Japan formally surrenders to the Allies on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. President Harry Truman tells Americans: The evil done by the Japa
September 7th, 1940Nazi Germany begins heavy bombing of London and other major cities in Britain during World War II. CBS reporter Edward R. Morrow describes the devastation of what becomes known as the Blitz. One may see, in the light of flares, car
August 15th, 1945whats known as V-J Day. The United States and its Allies mark the effective end of World War II after six years of fighting. They celebrate the defeat of the axis powers a day after Japan agrees to an unconditional surrender. 1969In
September 9th, 1971Inmates seize control of the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York. After a four-day siege, police and guards storm the maximum security prison near Buffalo. The ordeal leaves 32 inmates and 11 prison employees dead with
September 6th, 1901President William McKinley is shot at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. The gunman, Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist who is executed the following month. Vice President Teddy Roosevelt succeeds McKinley when he dies more
August 26th, 1920The 19th Amendment to the US Constitution takes effect giving women the right to vote. Carrie Chapman Catt is one of the leaders in the womens suffrage movement. Woman Suffrage is a long story of hard work and heartache, at least one
August 11th, 1965In Los Angeles, 6 days of deadly rioting and looting erupt in the predominantly black section of Watts. 34 people are killed, more than a thousand others are injured and hundreds of buildings are devastated before order is restored.
September 5th, 1972They are all gone, the Israeli Olympic team is destroyed, much of it, some of them are officials. A massacre of the Summer Olympic Games in Munich in what's then West Germany. Palestinian guerrillas attack the Israeli Olympic team,
And they died in Birmingham. September 15th, 1963In Birmingham Alabama, a tragedy that galvanizes Americas Civil Rights Movement. Four black girls are killed when a bomb explodes during Sunday services at the 16th street Baptist Church. Three Ku Klux
September 14th, 2001Americans mark a day of remembrance for the victims of the September 11th attacks. In New York, President George W. Bush tours the ruins of the World Trade Center. He tells rescue workers at Ground Zero just days after the attacks
September 13th, 1993In Washington, a step in the quest for peace in the Mideast. Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat shake hands at the White House. That happens after they sign an accord in which Israel grants limited
August 6th, 1945For the first time a nuclear weapon is used in warfare. The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan during World War II. The blast and its aftermath kill an estimated 140,000 people. President Harry Truman: We have used
August 27th, 1883One of the worlds most devastating explosions as the island volcano Krakatoa erupts in the South Pacific. The resulting tidal waves in Indonesia Sunda Strait kill some 36,000 people on the islands of Java and Sumatra. 1908In your lif
September 12th, 2001It's the day after the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington that killed thousands of Americans. In New York, stunned rescue workers search for bodies in the smoking rubble of the World Trade Center. And in Washington, Pres
September 10th, 1989A sign of communism facing its collapse in Eastern Europe, Hungary allows about 7,000 refugees from communist East Germany to leave for non-communist West Germany. The move effectively bypasses the Berlin Wall, an iconic symbol of
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