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H-Bomb
For more information Go here.The first thermonuclear bomb was exploded in 1952 at Enewetak by the United States, the second in 1953 by Russia then the USSR. Great Britain, France, and China have also exploded thermonuclear bombs, and these five nations comprise the so-called nuclear club nations that have the capability to produce nuclear weapons and admit to maintaining an inventory of them. -
Desegretion
For more information go here.Elizabeth Eckford is one of the African American students known as the Little Rock Nine. On September 4, 1957, she and eight other African American students attempted to enter Little Rock Central High School, which had previously only accepted white students. They were stopped at the door by Arkansas National Guard troops called up by Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
For more information go here.The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an unsuccessful attempt by United States-backed Cuban exiles to overthrow the government of the Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. Increasing friction between the U.S. government and Castro's leftist regime led President Dwight D. Eisenhower to break off diplomatic relations with Cuba in January 1961. -
Marilyn Monroe
For more information go here.During her career, Monroe's films grossed more than $200 million. At only 36 years old, Marilyn Monroe died of a drug overdose on August 5, 1962. -
Richard Nixon
For more information go here.Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961. -
Elvis Presley
For more information go here,Elvis Aaron Presily died in his Memphis home, Graceland in August 16, 1977. -
Sugar Ray Leonard
For More Information Go Here.His 1987 defeat of Marvelous Marvin Hagler for the WBC middleweight title is considered one of the greatest professional boxing matches of all time. -
Jonathan F Kennedy
For more information go here.For some in the conspiracy crowd, John Kennedy was a liberal saint, who was going to implement policies that would bring America into a new Utopia. So, of course, a threatened Power Elite had to kill him. Was Kennedy the kind of left liberal who threatened established interests? Was he a hero of Civil Rights? Had he decided to pull out of Vietnam? Historian Eric Paddon dissects these claims in a series of essays based on his posts on the Internet.
