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- U.S. President William McKinley Assassinated
At 4:07 p.m. on September 6, 1901, Leon Czolgosz shot U.S. President William McKinley twice. Although many expected the President to recover after having emergency surgery, President McKindley died at... - Theft at the U.S. National Archives
A 40-year-old intern at the U.S. National Archives has apparently been stealing Civil War documents and then selling them on Ebay. The theft was discovered when some of the records... - Elvis on The Ed Sullivan Show
On September 9, 1956, Elvis made his first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. Although this was not Elvis' first national television appearance, it did help to make Elvis a... - Houdini to Be Exhumed?
After the recent release of the new book The Secret Life of Houdini by William Kalush and Larry Sloman, questions have again been raised over the exact cause of magician... - Tuskegee Airmen to Receive Congressional Gold Medal
Although desperately wanting to serve in the U.S. Air Force, African-Americans were not allowed to join until Congress agreed to establish a segregated training program in 1940 (known as the... - Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Today, March 25, 2007, is the 96th anniversary of the the fire at the Triangle Waist Company factory in New York City that killed 146 workers. The large number of... - SOS Accepted as Universal Distress Signal
After being agreed upon at the 1906 Radiotelegraphic Conference, the Morse code signal of three dots, three dashes, and then three dots (sent together, without spacing) went into effect as... - King Tut's Tomb Found!
In November 1922, Howard Carter discovered not just an unknown ancient Egyptian tomb, but one that had lain nearly undisturbed for over 3,000 years. What lay within King Tut's... - Hidden Children During the Holocaust
After having been forced to wear the yellow badge, forced out of school, taunted and attacked by others their age, disallowed from parks and other public places, Jewish children felt... - The Kent State Shootings
On May 4, 1970, Ohio National Guardsmen fired upon an already dispersed crowd of student protesters, killing four and wounding nine others. What happened that fateful day?...
