ED DANAHUE

Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.)
(January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968)

On August 28, 1968, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago,
thousands of Vietnam War protesters battle police in the streets, while
the Democratic Party falls apart over an internal disagreement concerning
its stance on Vietnam. Over the course of 24 hours, the predominant
American line of thought on the Cold War with the Soviet Union was
shattered.

Anti-war delegates who oppose Humphrey’s nomination at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago.

In Los Angeles, California, Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts was
nominated for the presidency by the Democratic Party Convention on this
day in 1960, defeating Senator Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas. The next day, 
Johnson was named Kennedy’s running mate by a unanimous vote of the 
convention.

Lyndon B. Johnson was nominated to run for the presidency at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey. His running mate would be
Hubert H. Humphrey. Former Vice President Johnson had assumed the reigns
of government in November 1963 when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

                                                

September 4, 1964

   

CARLATA BRADLEY

The Women’s Rights Convention took place in Seneca Fall, NY.
where bloomers were introduced on this day in 1848. 

President Clinton (center) prepares to announce his new ‘Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy on this day in 1993.

It was on this day in 1969.

Representation of the Apollo 11 spacecraft entering orbit around
the moon.

The Summer Olympics – Moscow, Soviet Union, began
on this day in1980.

A view of the 1980 Moscow Olympics opening ceremony.