Admiral Farragut Damns the Torpedoes in Mobile Bay Victory
On August 05, 1864: Admiral Farragut Damns the Torpedoes in Mobile Bay Victory
Gulf of Tonkin Incident Drags America Into Vietnam’s Deadly Quagmire
The Night That Changed Everything: How a Disputed Attack Launched America Into Vietnam On August 4, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson appeared on national television to announce that North Vietnamese torpedo boats had attacked U.S. Navy destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin — for the…
Columbus Sets Sail on the Voyage That Changed the World Forever
On August 03, 1492: Columbus Sets Sail on the Voyage That Changed the World Forever
Saddam Hussein’s Iraq Invades Kuwait, Triggering Gulf War Crisis
The Invasion That Changed the Middle East Forever In the early morning hours of August 2, 1990, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein unleashed approximately 100,000 troops and 700 tanks across the border into the small, oil-rich nation of Kuwait. Within hours, the Kuwaiti capital had fallen,…
Sniper Terrorizes University of Texas Campus in Shocking Tower Massacre
The Day America Lost Its Innocence: The UT Tower Shooting On the sweltering morning of August 1, 1966, a former Marine and engineering student named Charles Whitman climbed to the observation deck of the University of Texas Tower in Austin, armed with an arsenal of…
America Issues Its Very First Patent, Sparking an Innovation Revolution
The Birth of American Innovation: The First U.S. Patent On July 31, 1790, a Vermont inventor named Samuel Hopkins received the very first patent ever issued under the newly formed United States patent system, forever changing the relationship between creativity, commerce, and the American dream….
USS Indianapolis Sinks, Triggering America’s Deadliest Naval Disaster
On July 30, 1945: USS Indianapolis Sinks, Triggering America’s Deadliest Naval Disaster
The World Watches as Prince Charles Marries Lady Diana Spencer
A Fairy Tale Wedding That Captivated 750 Million Viewers Worldwide On July 29, 1981, the world came to a standstill. In the grandeur of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, married the young and radiant Lady Diana Spencer…
The Shot Heard Round the World Ignites a Global Catastrophe
On July 28, 1914: The Shot Heard Round the World Ignites a Global Catastrophe
The Guns Finally Fall Silent: Korean War Armistice Signed
After Three Years of Brutal Combat, Korea Goes Quiet On July 27, 1953, at 10:01 a.m., a pen scratched across paper in the small town of Panmunjom, and the most ferocious land war since World War II came to an uneasy halt. The Korean War…
