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Disneyland Opens
This day in History: 1955 - Disneyland, Walt Disney’s metropolis of nostalgia, fantasy and futurism, opens on July 17, 1955. The $17...
U.S. begins Berlin Airlift
This day in History: 1948 - U.S. and British pilots begin delivering food and supplies by airplane to Berlin after the city is isolated...
Abolition of slavery announced in Texas on “Juneteenth”
This day in History: 1865 - Union soldiers arrive in Galveston, Texas with news that the Civil War is over and slavery in the United...
President Reagan challenges Gorbachev to “Tear down this wall”
This day in History: 1987 - In one of his most famous Cold War speeches, President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet Leader Mikhail...
Robert F. Kennedy is fatally shot
This day in History: 1968 - Shortly after midnight, Senator Robert Kennedy is shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles after winning...
A thousand pioneers head West as part of the Great Emigration
This day in History: 1843 - The first major wagon train to the northwest departs from Elm Grove, Missouri, on the Oregon Trail. Although...
Madeleine Albright, America’s first female secretary of state, is born
This day in History: 1937 - Madeleine Albright, America’s first female secretary of state, is born Marie Jana Korbelova on May 15, 1937,...
Empire State Building dedicated
This day in History: 1931 - President Herbert Hoover officially dedicates New York City’s Empire State Building, pressing a button from...
Apollo 13 returns to Earth
This day in History: 1970 - With the world anxiously watching, Apollo 13, a U.S. lunar spacecraft that suffered a severe malfunction on...
ASPCA is founded
This day in History: 1866 - The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by...
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