Henry Ross Perot (June 27, 1930 – July 9, 2019)
DALLAS (AP) — H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas
billionaire who rose from a childhood of Depression-era
poverty and ran twice for president of the United States as
a third-party candidate, died in Dallas, Texas after a battle
with leukemia.
ROSS SIMPSON
The U.S. Senate Watergate Committee began its hearings on this day
1973. Senator Sam Ervin (below) opened the first public hearing on
Presidential Campaign Activities, commonly known as Watergate.
Richard Nixon leaves the White House following his resignation over
the Watergate scandal.
DAVID MELENDY
On this day in 1970, Apollo 13 returned to Earth safely after an on-
board accident with an oxygen tank.
The Apollo 13 crew following recovery.
ED DANAHUE
On this day in 1954, the U.S. Senate voted to condemn Sen. Joseph
R. McCarthy for what it called "conduct that tends to bring the
Senate into dishonor and disrepute." The censure was related to McCarthy’s controversial investigation of suspected communists in
the U.S. government, military and civilian society.
A self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated by Dr.
Enrico Fermi and his staff at the University of Chicago on this day
in 1942. The above illustration shows scientists watching the first
sustained fission chain reaction.
Enrico Fermi (1901–1954)
The movie "Titanic" became the first film in North America to earn
more than $600 million.
