As MLK Jr. was standing on the balcony of his hotel room in Memphis, preparing himself for the upcoming marches in the city; he was suddenly gunned down by a sniper. HIs death was followed by riot...
On this day, MLK Jr. led over 250,000 people to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial where he gave what became one of the most famous speeches in history. The purpose of this march was to persuade C...
The second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. After the damage from both the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was realized, Japan chose to end their involvement in the war, thus ending World War ...
President Harry S. Truman made the descision to drop "Little Boy." the first of two atomic bombs on Japan. The first bomb was dropped on the town of Hiroshima, killing 140,000 people at the initia...
After a long fight for women's voting rights, efforts finally paid off as Congress passed the amendment that gave them the rights they had long deserved. This event marked the first of many moveme...
The Selective Service Act of 1917, also known as the Selective Draft Act , enable President Wilson to call for a draft of men over 18 years old. He created the draft when he realized that not enou...
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