The Pine Tar Incident: July 24th, 1983 The Pine Tar …
7/24/1980: Beloved English film actor, comedian and singer Peter Sellers dies of a heart attack
The Death of Peter Sellers On 21 July 1980 Sellers …
7/20/1969: Apollo 11’s crew successfully makes the first manned landing on the Moon
7/20/1969: Apollo 11’s crew successfully makes the first manned landing …
7/12/1967: The 1967 Newark riots occurred; rioting, looting, and destruction left 26 dead and hundreds injured
The 1967 Newark riotsThe 1967 Newark riots were a major …
7/7/1981: U.S. President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.
1981: U.S. President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O’Connor to …
6/7/1933: The first MLB All-Star Game is played in Chicago’s Comiskey Park. The American League defeated the National League 4–2.
The first All-Star Game The first All-Star Game was held …
7/6/1944: The Hartford circus fire, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700
1944 The Hartford circus fire…One of America’s worst fire disasters, …
7/6/1986: Davis Phinney becomes the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France.
Davis Phinney makes history in 86’In 1986, Davis Phinney became …
7/5/1975: Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title
Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the …
6/30/1971 : The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve
Soyuz 11 ends in disasterSoyuz 11 was the only manned …
6/29/1967: Hollywood bombshell, Jayne Mansfield is killed in a car crash just outside of New Orleans, Louisiana
The Death of Jayne MansfieldJayne Mansfield was in Biloxi, Mississippi, …
6/28/1914: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is assassinated ; this is the casus belli of World War I.
The Event that sparked WWIIOn Sunday, 28 June 1914, …