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I was born to Archie and Vera Durham.
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After four terms in office President Franklin Delano Roosevelt passes away due to a cerebral hemorrhage leading to a stroke. He was 63. Vice President Harry S. Truman was now in charge of the country.
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There is an estimated 105,000 deaths from the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Hitler committs suicide. Japan and Germany surrender.
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The 1st general purpose computer was announced to the public after being secretly built at the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School of Electrical Engineering.
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The people of India protest with non-violent civil disobedience.
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While walking onto a platform to adress a prayer meeting by Nathuram Godse.
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With 37 votes in favour, 12 against, with 9 abstentions, Israel is included in the UN after a previous failed attempt.
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Starts the Korean War. A totatl of up to 1,648,582 casualties or losses.
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CBS introduces the first color televison show. A variety show called "Premier".
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US begins construction of the first nuclear submarine. This was planned and supervised by Admiral Hyman G. Rickover.
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Elvis went to the Sun Record Company and paid $3.98 for a double sided demo of "My Happiness" and "That's When Your Heartaches Begin."
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The US Supreme Court ruled segregation was unconstitutional.
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The first major event of the US Civil Rights Movement started. A bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama lead by Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and started by Rosa Parks.
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A party of 82 people led by Fidel Castro landed in Cuba with the intention of establishing an armed resistance movement.
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The Soviet Union launched the first articifial satellite into orbit. It was about the size of a beach ball.
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was created in the United States.
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James Wickersham was an advocated for Alaskan statehood in 1916, but the there was no momentum to this happening until 1946.
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The plane was being used for covert surveillance and containted pictures of military bases in the Soviet Union. The piolet, Francis Gary Powers surrvived.
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An American volunteer program started by President John F. Kennedy. Executive Order 10924 was issued on March 1, 1961.
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President Kennedy demands their removal and a crisis is avoided when an agreement to remove the missiles in Cuban if the American missiles in Turkey are removed.
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The 35th President of the US is killed in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas at 12:30PM Central Standard Time while traveling in a Presidential motorcade. It is still not for sure who shot him.
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Judith marries her husband Wally.
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Approximently 51 tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states. 47 were confirmed and up to 271 people were killed and 1,500 more injured.
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Judith has her first daughter Cindy Lou.
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A US based magazine centered around music and pop culture. Founded in San Franciso by Jann Wenner.
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Judith has her second and final child. A daughter named Lori.
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Apollo 11 lands on the moon with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
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The 1st American satellite and also an Explorer program spacecraft returns to the atmosphere of Earth after 12 years orbiting in space.
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The National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations was opened. This is the first computer animated stock exchange and is now the 2nd largest in the world.
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1st episode of this American classic TV show adapted from the feature film MASH. The finale became the most watched television episode in U.S. history at the time, with 125 million viewers.
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The United States Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision, handed down two rulings legalizing abortion in America.
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After the Watergate scandle Nixon lost all political support.
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This computer corporation was launched in Albuquerque, New Mexico by Paul Allen and Bill Gates.
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The US Supreme Court rules captial punishment as not cruel or unusual and it becomes an acceptable and legal form of punishment.
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A classic American Sci-Fi film about space travel and the galaxy created by Geroge Lucas. The revenue from all the films has totaled approximately $4.36 billion.
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An American musical film directed by Randal Kleiser about two lovers in different social groups during the 1950s. Released first in New York City.
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The Sahara Desert, the world's largest hot desert, covering most of Northern Africa experiences snow for 30 minutes.
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At approximetly 10:50PM, he was shot in the back four times by Mark David Chapman while returning to his New York appartment with his wift Yoko Ono.
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A collection of scientists from Woods Hole Deep Submergence Lab led by Dr. Robert Ballard. 2.5 miles underwater, and just over 370 miles sourtheast of Mistaken Point, Newfoundland is where the ship was found.
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Disney's futuristic park, Experimental Community Of Tomorrow, is opened in Orlando, Flordia.
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Micheal Jackson realease Thriller which peaked at number one on Billboard's Dance Music/Club Play Singles Chart.
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1st call made with a mobile phone in the UK by the English comedian, Ernie Wise. The call was from St Katherine's Dock, East London, to Vodafone's Headquarters in Newbury, Berkshire
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73 seconds into flight the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart killing the seven crew members.
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The 1st naked-eye supernova is observed since 1604. It was Tarantula Nebula and approximately 51.4 kiloparsecs from Earth. It could be seen from the Southern Hemisphere.
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The largest forest fire at the park that began as many smaller fires due to the drought. The fire burned for several months. 793,880 acres of the park, or 36% was effected.
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This quake in the San Franciso Bay Area reache a 6.9 on the Richter Scale killing 63 people. This occured during warm ups for the 3rd game of the Wold Series.
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The Princess of Whales died in a car crash while riding with her boyfriend, bodyguard, and chauffer.
