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.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Tokyo Bay on this day in 1853.
Matthew Calbraith Perry
(April 10, 1794 – March 4, 1858)
Industrialist John Davison Rockefeller Sr.
(July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937)
Business Magnate John D. Rockefeller is widely considered
the wealthiest American of all time, and the richest person
in modern history.
What became known as the Roswell Incident was on this day in 1947.
Major Jesse Marcel from the Roswell Army Air Field with debris
found 75 miles north west of Roswell, NM.
Florenz Ziegfeld staged his first "Follies" on the roof of the New
York Theater in New York City on this day in 1907.
Florenz (Flo) Edward Ziegfeld Jr. (March 21, 1867 – July 22, 1932)
