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First Academy Awards ceremony
This day in History: 1929 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hands out its first awards, at a dinner party for around 250...
The Great San Francisco Earthquake topples buildings, killing thousands
This day in History: 1906 - At 5:13 a.m., an earthquake estimated at close to 8.0 on the Richter scale strikes San Francisco, California,...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated
This day in History: 1968 - Just after 6 p.m., Martin Luther King Jr. is fatally shot while standing on the balcony outside his...
Nuclear disaster at Three Mile Island
This day in History: 1979 - At 4 a.m. on March 28, 1979, the worst accident in the history of the U.S. nuclear power industry begins when...
Martin Luther King Jr. begins the march from Selma to Montgomery
This day in History: 1965 - In the name of African American voting rights, 3,200 civil rights demonstrators in Alabama, led by Martin...
Albert Einstein born
This day in History - 1879: Albert Einstein is born, the son of a Jewish electrical engineer in Ulm, Germany. Einstein’s theories of...
Civil rights protesters beaten in “Bloody Sunday” attack
This day in History: 1965 - In Selma, Alabama, a 600-person civil rights demonstration ends in violence when marchers are attacked and...
Chemical structure of DNA discovered
This day in History: 1953 - Cambridge University scientists James D. Watson and Francis H.C. Crick announce that they have determined the...
Malcolm X assassinated
This day in History: 1965 - In New York City, Malcolm X, an African American nationalist and religious leader, is assassinated while...
St. Valentine beheaded
This day in History: 270 - Valentine, a holy priest in Rome in the days of Emperor Claudius II, is said to have been executed. Under the...
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