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.
On this day in 1978, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone (right) and City Supervisor Harvey Milk (left), a gay-rights activist, were shot to death inside City Hall by Dan White, a former supervisor.
Daniel James White.
San Francisco got its first female mayor as City Supervisor Dianne Feinstein (above) was named to replace the assassinated George Moscone.
On this day in 1973, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Gerald R. Ford (left) as vice president after the resignation of Spiro T. Agnew (below).
Spiro Agnew resigns the vice presidency amid accusations of income tax evasion.
Vice President Gerald R. Ford (left) and President Richard M. Nixon.
On this day in 1919, President Woodrow Wilson suffered a massive stroke that left himpartially paralyzed.
Final report on President Wilson’s condition written by Dr. Dercum.
It was on this day in 1985.
"Peanuts," the comic strip created by Charles M. Schulz, appeared for the first time in seven newspapers on this day in 1950.
Charles Monroe Schulz (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000)
Sting (Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner) is 67 years old today.
Multi-instrumentalist and singer for The Police, Sting is known for such hits as "Don’t Stand So Close to Me" and "Message in a Bottle." He also became a successful solo artist, releasing his first album The Dream of the Blue Turtles in 1985, followed by ten more albums within the next two decades.
On this day in 1965, U.S. President Johnson (center) signed into law Social Security Act that established Medicare and Medicaid. It went into effect the following year. Former President Harry S. Truman is seated on the right.
The USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine on this day in 1945. The ship had just delivered key components of the Hiroshima atomic bomb to the Pacific island of Tinian. Only 316 out of 1,196 men aboard survived the attack.
An artists illustration of the attack on The USS Indianapolis.
Louise Joy Brown, the first test-tube baby, was born in Oldham, England on this day in 1978. She had been conceived through in-vitro fertilization.
Louise Brown with her parents.
William Ben Hogan(August 13, 1912 – July 25, 1997)
Professional golfer Ben Hogan is generally considered to be one of the greatest players in the history of the game. He is one of only five golfers to have won all four major championships. Hogan died in Fort Worth, Texas on July 25, 1997 at the age of 84, and is interred at Greenwood Memorial Park there.
On this day in 1975, "A Chorus Line" debuted at the Shubert Theatre on Broadway. The show closed in 1990 after 6,137 performances.
Rare Photos of the Original Broadway Cast of A Chorus Line.
