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Mcarthyism
Second Red Scare: In his speech to the Republican Women's Club at the McClure Hotel in Wheeling, West Virginia, Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the U.S. State Department of being filled with 205 Communists. -
Cinderella
Walt Disney releases his 12th animated film, Cinderella in Hollywood. Good thing he kept his head frozen. -
Nuclear test.
Nuclear testing: Operation Ivy: The United States successfully detonates the first hydrogen bomb, codenamed "Mike", at Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean, with a yield of 10.4 megatons. -
Brown v. Board of Education
This event kick started the Civil Rights Movement which gave everyone equal rights and ended segregation in the United States of America. -
Marian Anderson
Marian Anderson is the first African American singer to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. -
Peter pan
The 1954 Broadway musical version of Peter Pan, starring Mary Martin, is presented on television for the first time by NBC (also the first time that a stage musical is presented in its entirety on TV exactly as performed on stage). The program gains the largest viewership of a TV special up to that time, and becomes one of the first great television classics -
Lady and the Tramp
Lady and the Tramp, Walt Disney's 15th animated film, premieres in Chicago, Illinois -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era proxy war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from December 1956. -
Tybee Bomb
The Tybee Bomb, a 7,600 pound (3,500 kg) Mark 15 hydrogen bomb, is lost in the waters off Savannah, Georgia. -
Michael Jackson is born
On this day the worlds greatest entertainer was born . Leaving a legacy so untouchable that the nickname " The King of Pop" was given to him. . -
HIV
Earliest form of HIV(human immunodeficiency virus) was found in a man in Kinshasa. -
Barrack Obama
The first black president is born on this day . He became president and served 2 terms (2008-2016) -
Start of the Vietnam War(U.S)
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era proxy war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from December 1956 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. With Russia supporting North Vietnam and the U.S supporting South Vietnam. -
Kennedy Assassination
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time (18:30 UTC) on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas.[1][2] Kennedy was fatally shot by a sniper while traveling with his wife Jacqueline, Texas Governor John Connally, and Connally's wife Nellie, in a presidential motorcade. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
At 6:01 p.m. on April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was hit by a sniper's bullet. King had been standing on the balcony in front of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, when, without warning, he was shot. -
MacDonald family massacre.
Jeffrey R. MacDonald kills his wife and children at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, claiming that drugged-out "hippies" did it. -
Weatherman bomb explosion event
A bomb being constructed by members of the Weathermen and meant to be planted at a military dance in New Jersey, explodes, killing 3 members of the organization. -
Earth Day
The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto. Making Earth Day a worldwide sensation. -
Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970
U.S. President Richard Nixon signs a measure lowering the voting age to 18. Making a bunch of High school kids mess everything up. -
Eminem is born
One of the most successful artist of all time and argueably the most successfull rapper is born on this day . Eminem won the artist of the decade (2000-2010) -
Hanafi Muslims take over
Approximately a dozen armed Hanafi Muslims take over 3 buildings in Washington, D.C., killing 1 person and taking more than 130 hostages. The hostage situation ends 2 days later. -
First Computer
The world's first personal computer, the Commodore PET, is demonstrated at the winter Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago. -
Mind Control
United States Senate hearings on MKULTRA are held. All remaining documents are declassified in 2001. -
American Airlines
American Airlines Flight 191: In Chicago, a DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport, killing 271 on board and 2 people on the ground. -
McDonalds new addition.
McDonald introduces the Happy Meal , become a choice favorites for kids everywhere. -
Iran Hostage Crisis
Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini urges his people to demonstrate on November 4 and to expand attacks on United States and Israeli interests. -
John Lennon death
John Lennon is shot and killed by Mark David Chapman in front of The Dakota apartment building in New York City. -
Ronald presidency begins
Ronald Reagan succeeds Jimmy Carter, as the 40th President of the United States. Minutes later, Iran releases the 52 Americans held for 444 days, ending the Iran hostage crisis -
MJ Album "Thriller" is released.
The albumn " Thriller" was released on this day becoming Michael Jacksons most successful albumn. "Thriller" is the most successfull albumn of all time selling over 50 million copies and counting. -
Annie
The musical Annie is performed for the last time after 2,377 shows at the Alvin Theatre on Broadway, New York City -
MJ Moonwalk
Michael Jackson performs the dance move that will forever be known as the "moonwalk" at Motown 25. -
Embassy bombing
The April 1983 U.S. Embassy bombing in Beirut kills 63 people. -
National missing childres day
National Missing Children's Day is proclaimed by President Ronald Reagan, exactly four years after Etan Patz's disappearance. -
Pepsi fire.
Michael Jackson is filming a commercial for Pepsi when his hair catches on fire. -
Kidnapping in the CIA
The CIA station chief in Beirut, William Francis Buckley, is kidnapped by Islamic Jihad and later dies in captivity. Never was this on the news btw . -
McDonald shooting.
In San Ysidro, California, 41-year-old James Oliver Huberty sprays a McDonald's restaurant with gunfire, killing 21 people before being shot and killed. -
Women Moonwalk
Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk. -
Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
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. -
Lionel Messi is born
Born in Argentina , Lionel Messi grew up to become the best player in the world . He was born in Rosario, Argentina. -
Chemical Weapons Accord
U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev sign the Chemical Weapons Accord to end chemical weapon production and begin destroying their respective stocks
