The establishment of full diplomatic relations between the United States and Vietnam were announced by President Clinton on this day in 1995.
Alexander Hamilton-Aaron Burr-Duel-Pistols on display in the JP Morgan Chase Headquarters in NYC.
The abandoned U.S. space station Skylab returned to Earth. It burned up in the atmosphere and showered debris over the Indian Ocean and Australia on this day in 1979.
It was on this day in 1914, Babe Ruth debuted in the major leagues with the Boston Red Sox.
The 114-day Battle of Britain began during World War II on this day in 1940.
The Telstar Communications satellite was launched on this day in 1962. The satellite relayed TV and telephone signals between Europe and the U.S.
It was on this day in 1850.
A statue of Millard Fillmore, outside of City Hall in Buffalo, New York.
Woodstock Promo Photo
Arlo Davy Guthrie is 70 years old today.
Arlo Guthrie’s only top-40 hit was a cover of Steve Goodman‘s "City of New Orleans". His song "Massachusetts" was named the official folk song of the state in which he has lived most of his adult life. He has also made several acting appearances.
It was first learned on this day in 1947, an unidentified flying object crashed on a ranch northwest of Roswell, New Mexico, sometime during the first week of July 1947.
investigators examine Roswell crash debris.
Florenz Ziegfeld staged his first "Follies" on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City on this day in 1907.
Florenz Edward Ziegfeld Jr. (March 21, 1867 – July 22, 1932)
On this day in 1986, Kurt Waldheim was sworn in as president of Austria despite controversy over his alleged ties to Nazi war crimes. He died in 2007.
Adolf Hitler purged the Nazi Party by destroying the SA and bringing to power the SS in the "Night of the Long Knives”.
The original Pure Food and Drug Act (also known as the Wiley Act) was passed by Congress on June 30, 1906 and signed by President Theodore Roosevelt. It prohibited interstate commerce in misbranded and adulterated foods, drinks and drugs under penalty of seizure of the questionable products and/or prosecution of the responsible parties.
The Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 11 returned to Earth on this day in 1971. The three cosmonauts (below) were found dead inside.
Margaret Mitchell’s book, "Gone with the Wind," was published in this day in 1936. It was one of the best-selling novels of all time and the basis for a blockbuster 1939 movie.
Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell(November 8, 1900 – August 16, 1949)
From left: Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan.
On this day in 1994, the U.S. Figure Skating Association stripped Tonya Harding of the 1994 national championship and banned her from the organization for life for an attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan.
Lena Mary Calhoun Horne(June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010)
Twentieth-century African-American singer and actress Lena Horne sang "Stormy Weather," won a Grammy Award for a 1981 album entitled Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music, and appeared in film versions of The Wiz, Broadway Rhythm, and Ziegfeld Follies.
After dropping out of high school at the age of sixteen, she performed in the chorus of Harlem’s famed Cotton Club.
On this day in 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty could constitute "cruel and unusual punishment." The ruling prompted states to revise their capital punishment laws.
Israel removed barricades, re-unifying Jerusalem on this day in 1967.
The shuttle Atlantis (bottom) and the Russian space station Mir docked, forming the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth on this day in 1995.
