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The Normandy landings, codenamed Operation Neptune, were the landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy, in Operation Overlord, during World War II.
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Cause of death is Cerebral hemorrhage
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Bikinis are introduced
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Chuck Yeager Breaks the Sound Barrier
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"Big Bang" Theory Formulated
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The Rutan Model 76 Voyager was the first aircraft to fly around the world without stopping or refueling. It was piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager.
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war between the Republic of Korea (supported primarily by the United States of America, with contributions from allied nations under the aegis of the United Nations) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (supported by the People's Republic of China, with military and material aid from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics).
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First color television was introduced.
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Car Seat Belts Introduced
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Joseph Stalin Cause of death is Stroke
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Roger Bannister Breaks the Four-Minute Mile
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McDonald's Corporation Founded
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T.V. Remote Control Invented
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Dr. Seuss Publishes The Cat in the Hat
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NASA Founded
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Fidel Castro becomes new dictator of Cuba
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Brazil's Capital Moves to Brand New City,to Brasilia.
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Separated between the eastern sector of Berlin controlled by the Soviet Union, and the western sectors occupied by the United States, France, and Great Britain.
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Marilyn Monroe Cause of death is Barbiturate, Suicide, Drug overdose.
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James Alberts Married to Cheryl Rendles
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Daniel Alberts born.
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Brian Alberts born.
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Star Trek T.V. Series Airs on NBC
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Between the Packers and Chiefs
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Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated by James Earl Ray.
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Jill Alberts born
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The band The Beatles break up.
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Charles P. Ginsberg invented the VCR
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Michelle Alberts born.
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Kinicks win 1973 NBA Championship againsty Lakers
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Members of his own party (republicans) came to him and told him that he needed to resign for the good of the country.
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Founded buy Paul Allan, and Bill Gates.
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The earthquake kills over 240,000 people.
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Elvis Presley Cause of Death is Heart Attack
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John Paul II becomes pope
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It was the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history,[1] and resulted in the release of moderate amounts of radioactive gases and radioactive iodine into the environment.
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He was shot by Mark David Chapman at the entrance of the building where he lived
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New Plague Identified as AIDS
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The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc., a nonprofit charitable organization formed to establish the memorial, was the idea of Jan Scruggs, a former infantry corporal during the war. It was incorporated on April 27, 1979, by a group of Vietnam veterans in Washington, D.C.
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Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (KAL 007, KE 007[Notes 2]) was a Korean Air Lines civilian airliner that was shot down by Soviet interceptors on 1 September 1983, over the Sea of Japan, near Moneron Island just west of Sakhalin Island. All 269 passengers and crew aboard were killed, including Lawrence McDonald, a sitting member of the United States Congress.
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She was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards in retaliation for ordering Operation Blue Star.
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After a two-month search off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, a Franco-American expedition has found and filmed the wreckage of the Titanic, which sank on her maiden voyage 73 years ago after striking an iceberg.
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The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members.
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New York Stock Exchange Suffers Huge Drop on "Black Monday"
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Pan Am flight 103 is bombed over Lockerbie
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The Fall of the Berlin Wall, which will always be used as a symbol for the end of the Cold War, made the "West" available in the middle of the "East", resulting in widespread chaos.
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ubble Space Telescope (HST) was lifted into orbit by the space shuttle Discovery on April 24, 1990. Read more: Hubble Space Telescope — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0193553.html#ixzz1oJNg7G5j
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The Persian Gulf War (2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991), codenamed Operation Desert Storm (17 January 1991 – 28 February 1991) commonly referred to as simply the Gulf War, was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.
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Official End of the Cold War ended in 1992 with a formal declaration between Presidents Bush and Yeltsin.
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The 1993 World Trade Center bombing occurred on February 26, 1993, when a truck bomb was detonated below the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York, NY.
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O.J. Simpson Arrested for Double Murder.
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The Sarin attack on the Tokyo subway, usually referred to in the Japanese media as the Subway Sarin Incident (地下鉄サリン事件 Chikatetsu Sarin Jiken?), was an act of domestic terrorism perpetrated by members of Aum Shinrikyo on March 20, 1995.
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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad-cow disease, is a fatal neurodegenerative disease in cattle that causes a spongy degeneration in the brain and spinal cord.
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Princess Diana of Wales dies in a car accident.
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Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States, was impeached by the House of Representatives on two charges, one of perjury and one of obstruction of justice, on December 19, 1998.
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JFK Jr. Dies in Plane Accident
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The election results hinged on a difference of just a few hundred votes in Florida (537 to be exact), which focused worldwide attention on the deficiencies of the voting system. A recount of the votes in Florida was ordered and begun.
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The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/11)[nb 1] were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C. areas on September 11, 2001
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The United States State Department issues its report in the War on Terror. It states that there are seven nations that a State-Sponsors: Iran, Iraq, Cuba, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria.
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A tragedy at NASA occurs when the Space Shuttle Columbia explodes upon reentry over Texas. All seven astronauts inside are killed.
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Mars rover MER-B (Opportunity) confirms to NASA that the area of their landing was once covered in water.
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American cyclist Lance Armstrong wins his record 7th straight Tour de France.
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In New Orleans, the Louisiana Superdome reopens after repairs caused by Hurrican Katrina damage. The repairs included the largest reroofing project in U.S. history and took thirteen months following the destruction to the Gulf Coast region.
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A terror plot to blow up JFK International Airport in New York City is thwarted when four terrorists are arrested and charged with its plan.
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Michael Phelps, the United States swimmer from Baltimore, wins his 8th Gold Medal of the Beijing Summer Olympic Games, surpassing the record of seven won by Mark Spitz.
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Barack Obama takes the oath of office for President of the United States, becoming the first African-American president in the history of the nation.
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7.0-magnitude earthquake devastates Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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A magnitude 7.1 earthquake shakes southern Chile, sending tens of thousands of people fearing a tsunami to higher ground.
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The New York Giants beat the New England Patriots to with the 2012 Super Bowl.
