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Korean War
North Korea invades south Korea. -
4-Minute Mile
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Disneyland
Disneyland opened for a few thousand specially invited visitors. Disneyland, located in Anaheim, California on what used to be a 160-acre orange orchard, cost $17 million to build. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama on Thursday, December 1, 1955. News of Rosa Parks arrest led to plans for a one-day boycott of the buses in Montgomery, Alabama on Monday, December 5, 1955 the same day as Parks’ trial. -
Hope Diamond
The large, exquisite, blue diamond known as the Hope Diamond has had a long history. The diamond's history may include having been owned by King Louis XIV, stolen during the French Revolution, sold to earn money for gambling, and worn to raise money for charity. On November 10, 1958, the latest owner of the huge diamond, Harry Winston (a New York jeweler) donated the diamond to the Smithsonian Institute to be displayed as part of the National Gem and Mineral Collection in the National Museum of -
Berlin Wall
Just past midnight during the night of August 12-13, 1961, East German soldiers and construction workers headed to the border of West and East Berlin. While most Berliners were sleeping, the workers quickly constructed a barrier made of concrete posts and barbed wire along the border. When Berliners did finally wake, they found themselves stuck on whichever side of the border they had fallen asleep on. For nearly three decades, East Germans would be kept behind this barrier, the Berlin Wall. -
Assasination of JFK
On November 22, 1963, the youth and idealism of America in the 1960s faltered as its young President, John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. Two days later, Oswald was shot and killed by Jack Ruby during a prisoner transfer. After researching all the available evidence about Kennedy’s assassination, the Warren Commission officially ruled in 1964 that Oswald acted alone; a point still greatly contested by conspiracy -
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Woodstock Festival
From August 15-18, 1969, 500,000 young people from across the United States converged on Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm in Bethel, New York. They were there to listen to the best rock 'n roll of the time at the Woodstock Festival of 1969. There were lots of drugs, lot of sex and nudity, and lots of mud. The Woodstock Music Festival became an icon of the 1960s hippie counterculture. -
Watergate Scandel
June 17, 1972 Watergate Burglars broke into the Democratic Party National Committee offices. Watergate was heavily influenced by the media, particularly the work of two reporters from the Washington Post, the two reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, with their mysterious informant, Deep Throat. -
Abortion Made Legal
In the Roe v. Wade hearing, the Supreme Court ruled that no state has the power to keep American Women from having an Abortion. -
Louise Joy Brown
On July 25, 1978, Louise Joy Brown was the first successful test tube baby. Since 1966 Dr. Patrick Steptoe and Dr. Robert Edwards had been looking for a way to be able to allow females, with a blocked Fallopian tube, to be able to conceive a baby. -
Jonestown Massacre
November 18, 1978 Large kettles filled with grape flavored cyanide, and valium. 912 people died from drinking the poison, 276 of them were children. Jones died from a single gunshot wound to the head. -
Three Mile Island
March 28, 1979 a failure of the cooling of the Number 2 nuclear reactor led to overheating and partial melting. Thousands of people living near the plant left the area before the 12 day crisis. -
Mt Saint Helen
Mt Saint Helen blew and scorched 230 square miles of land. -
John Lennon's Death
December 8, 1980 when the Beatles broke up in the 1970s John Lennon focused on humanitarian. Mark David Chapman shot Lennon at close range. -
Titanic Wreck Found
On September 1, 1985 the wreck of titanic was found. -
Black Monday
Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) lost 22% in stocks. This was the beginning of the Stock Market Crash. -
Berlin Wall Torn Down
November 9, 1989 The Berlin wall was torn down. -
Hubble Telescope
On April 24, 1990, the Hubble Telescope was launched into space bringing the feild of science into a new era. -
USS Cole
On February 10, 1995, the USS Cole was launched. -
Oklahoma City Bombing
April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh dove a truck with a homemade bomb into the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. -
Princess Diana Dies in Car Crash
August 31, 1997 Diana, Princess of Wales car crashed into a pillar of tunnel under the Pont de I’Alma bridge in Paris while fleeing from paparazzi. -
Columbine
April 20, 1999, two students of Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado opened fire on students within the school they kill them self and twelve students, and one teacher. -
9/11
On Tuesday, September 11, 2001 two planes crashed into the world trade center one plane crashed into the pentagon. -
DC Sniper
Sniper fire in D.C. leaves 10 dead and several others injured over the 3 weeks of shootings. -
Tsunami in Asia
December 26, 2004 an 9.0 earthquake hit India then came a Tsunami that hit India. -
Virginia Tech Massacre
On April 16, 2007, Seung-Hui Cho went on a killing rampage at Virginia Tech. -
Plane in Hudson
January 15, 2009 A Plane full of people took off from New York City airport the plane was in the air off less than three minutes it than may an emergency landing in the Hudson River. -
Gulf Oil Spill
April 28, 2010 a BP oil rig exploded letting millions of oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico. -
Century 16 Theater Shooting
July 20, 2012 a shooter kills 12 people injurers 50 people. -
Sandy Hook
One shooter when to sandy hook and shot 20 students and 6 teachers. -
Lafayette School Bus Crash
On Thursday, May 16, a Lafayette school bus with five special needs kids and seven adults were hit by a box truck on I-65 at around the 128 mile marker. The bus went into the median and then rolled. The box truck driver fleed the sceene and is still being looked for. -
Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts now allow openly gay youth to join.
