In what becomes known as the “Mission Accomplished” speech, on board the USS Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President George W. Bush…
English colonists establish “James Fort,” which would become Jamestown, Virginia, the earliest permanent English settlement in the Americas. ㅤJamestown, established…
Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is…
Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact. ㅤThe Warsaw Pact,…
A white mob twice attacks a Freedom Riders bus near Anniston, Alabama, before fire-bombing the bus and attacking the civil…
Skylab, the United States’ first space station, is launched from a modified Saturn V rocket. ㅤLaunched on May 14, 1973,…