Lieutenant Commander John McCain (right) is welcomed by President Richard Nixon (left) upon McCain’s release from five and one-half- years as a P.O.W. during the Vietnam War in 1973.
John Sidney McCain III(August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018)
Among awards presented to John McCain: Silver Star, Bronze Star Medal (3) with Combat “V”, Purple Heart, Legion of Merit (2) Combat “V”, Distinguished Flying Cross, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (2) with Combat “V” and others.
The 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect on this day in 1920. The amendment prohibited discrimination on the basis of sex in the voting booth.
Investigators pinpoint the cause of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on this day in 2003.
NASA space shuttle program manager Ron Dittemore holds a piece of insulation foam from an external fuel tank to describe how a piece hit the underside of the shuttle during the craft’s liftoff.
It was on this day in 1974.
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974)
Mount Vesuvius erupted killing approximately 20,000 people on this day in 79 AD. The cities of Pompeii, Stabiae and Herculaneum were buried in volcanic ash.
The above Photos of Plaster casts were made from actual victims trapped in the lava flows of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy.
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Florida City: Gary Davis cradles his chihuahua Boo Boo in front of his mobile home in the Goldcoaster Mobile Home Park the morning after Hurricane Andrew.
Washington, DC, was invaded by British forces that set fire to the White House and Capitol on this day in 1814.
An artists depiction of the White House ruins after the conflagration of August 24, 1814.
The planet Pluto was reclassified as a "dwarf planet" by the International Astronomical Union on this day in 2006. Pluto’s status was changed due to the IAU’s new rules for an object qualifying as a planet. Pluto met two of the three rules because it orbits the sun and is large enough to assume a nearly round shape. However, since Pluto has an oblong orbit and overlaps the orbit of Neptune it disqualified Pluto as a planet.
On this day in 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the U.S. non-stop. The trip from Los Angeles, CA to Newark, NJ, took about 19 hours.
Soviet hard-liners announced that President Mikhail Gorbachev had been removed from power on this day in 1991. Gorbachev returned to power two days later.
Adolf Hitler was approved for sole executive power in Germany as Fuehrer on this day in 1934.
Francis Gary Powers (far right) an American U-2 pilot, was convicted of espionage in Moscow on this day in 1960.
Will Rogers and Wiley Post were killed in a plane crash near Point Barrow, AK.on this day in 1935. Post and American humorist Will Rogers perished when the aircraft Post was piloting crashed on takeoff from a lagoon near Point Barrow in the Territory of Alaska.
Will Rogers (left) and Wiley Post before taking off for Alaska.
