A United States military plane crashes into the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945, killing 14 people. The freak accident was caused by heavy fog.
The B-25 Mitchell bomber, with two pilots and one passenger aboard, was flying from Bedford, Massachusetts, to LaGuardia Airport in New York City. As it came into the metropolitan area on that Saturday morning, the fog was...
On May 4, 1970, in Kent, Ohio, 28 National Guardsmen fire their weapons at a group of anti-war demonstrators on the Kent State University campus, killing four students, wounding eight and permanently paralyzing another. The tragedy was a watershed moment for a nation divided by the conflict in Vietnam, and further galvanized the anti-war movement.
Two days earlier, on...
The Tragic Story Of Evelyn McHale, The Woman In The Infamous ‘Most Beautiful Suicide’
Evelyn McHale wrote in her suicide note that she didn't want her family to see "any part" of her body. Instead, a photo of her death would become one of the most famous photographs of all time.
Evelyn McHale’s dying wish was that no one would see her body. She wanted her...
Maryland was the only state to refuse to enforce Prohibition.
U.S. History
On January 16, 1919, Congress ratified the 18th Amendment, starting a one-year countdown to the end of the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol in the United States. Although many Americans opposed Prohibition, 46 of the 48...
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