On this day in 1974, President Nixon announced that he would resign the following day.
It was on this day in 1942.
Dustin Lee Hoffman is 80 years old today.
Famous method actor Dustin Hoffman won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Kramer vs. Kramer in 1979 and Rain Man in 1988. He had his breakthrough role as Benjamin Braddock in the 1967 classic The Graduate.
He began his acting career at the Pasadena Playhouse with his roommate and fellow actor Gene Hackman.
President Johnson (far right) signs the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in the White House East Room as congressional leaders look on.
On this day in 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, which gave President Johnson broad powers in dealing with reported North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. forces.
U.S. forces landed at Guadalcanal on this day in 1942, marking the start of the first major allied offensive in the Pacific during World War II.
The balsa wood raft Kon-Tiki, which had carried a six-man crew 4,300 miles across the Pacific Ocean, crashed into a reef in a Polynesian archipelago on this day in 1947. The crew made successful landfall and all returned safely.
Barry Bonds watches his 756th career home run head for the right- center-field bleachers.
Oliver Norvell "Babe" Hardy (Norvell Hardy) (January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957)
The Pentagon reported the first of two North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin on this day in 1964.
President Lyndon Johnson.
Iraq invaded the oil-rich country of Kuwait on this day in 1990. Iraq claimed that Kuwait had driven down oil prices by exceeding production quotas set by OPEC.
On this day in 1943, the U.S. Navy patrol torpedo boat, PT-109, sank after being attacked by a Japanese destroyer. The boat was under the command of Lt. John F. Kennedy (pictured above).
Warren Gamaliel Harding(November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923)
Harding was the 29th President of the United States and was well liked and admired. His death from a heart attack came as a great shock to the nation.
"Wild Bill" Hickok was assassinated by Jack McCall in Saloon #10 in Deadwood, Dakota Territory.
President Trump presents the Medal of Honor to Army veteran James McCloughan during a brief but poignant White House ceremony .
(AP) – President Trump on Monday presented the Medal of Honor to an Army veteran who 48 years ago repeatedly risked his live to save 10 fellow soldiers during a deadly days-long fight along Vietnam’s central coast.
In recognizing James McCloughan, now a 71-year-old retired schoolteacher from Michigan, Trump recounted a gripping tale of selflessness and bravery, sliding off script occasionally to emphasize just how hellish the battle was and to marvel that McCloughan and the other Americans who survived managed to overcome such extraordinary odds.
“He was one of 32 who fought until the end,” the president said, glancing at McCloughan, who stood stoically a few steps to Trump’s right, “and they held their ground against more than 2,000 enemy troops. Jim, I know I speak for everyone here when I say we are in awe of your actions and your bravery.”
Army Pfc. James McCloughan in front of the Vietnam Regional Exchange Snack Shop, 1969.
On this day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson (left) signed into law the Social Security Act that established Medicare and Medicaid. It went into effect the following year.
Wrecked warehouses and scattered debris after the explosion.
The Black Tom explosion on July 30, 1916, in Jersey City, New Jersey, was an act of sabotage by German agents to destroy American-made munitions that were to be supplied to the Allies in World War I. This incident, which happened prior to American entry into the war, is also notable for causing damage to the Statue of Liberty.
The Lehigh Valley pier after the blast.
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.
The USS Indianapolis in San Diego Harbor prior to the attack.
Ford at age 25.
Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947)
Founder of Ford Motor Company, Henry Ford, developed the assembly- line process for mass production. One of his first cars was the Model T (below).
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is 70 years old today.
Bodybuilder, actor, and politician Arnold Schwarzenegger served as the governor of California from 2003 to 2011. His best known films include Conan the Barbarian (1982) Predator (1987), TheTerminator series (beginning in 1984), and Total Recall (1990). He decided to pursue a career as a bodybuilder at age fourteen, despite demonstrating ability in football. He became the youngest person to win the Mr. Universe contest when he was 20.
