June 17, 1972 — The Watergate Burglary goes awry
On the morning of June 17, 1972, a young journalist named Bob Woodward was working the court beat in Washington...
May 4, 2016
We Didn’t Start The Fire (Billy Joel song)
August 9, 1974 — Nixon resigns the Presidency in disgrace
After the long, slow death of a thousand cuts that was the Watergate scandal, Nixon’s decision to resign from the...
November 19, 2015
April 1, 1979 — Iran officially proclaimed an Islamic Republic
Although the revolution against him began in January 1978, the Shah did not flee Iran until January of 1979. Ayatollah...
August 14, 2015
June 18, 1983 — Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space
When the Space Shuttle Challenger launched on June 18, 1983 on mission STS-7, Sally Kristen Ride, age 32, became the...
January 19, 2015
January 24, 1984 — Michael Jackson films an ad for Pepsi
In the early Eighties, getting a rock star to advertise your fizzy sugar drink was the done thing. Both Pepsi...
December 29, 2014
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