Milestones: Tuesday, August 15, 2023
WOODSTOCK FESTIVAL ALMOST DIDN’T HAPPEN — The famous Woodstock music festival opened...
WOODSTOCK FESTIVAL ALMOST DIDN’T HAPPEN — The famous Woodstock music festival opened...
MAJOR BLACKOUT HITS NORTHEAST — A major electrical outage knocked out power across...
SHORT-LIVED DEMOCRACY — The Weimar Constitution was signed on Aug. 11, 1919...
NOT PROUD OF THIS BROOKLYN BOY — During a violent summer that included...
UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESSION — Vice President Gerald R. Ford was sworn in as the...
FIRST TO RESIGN PRESIDENCY — President Richard M. Nixon, on Aug. 8, 1974...
AWARD NOW RESERVED FOR SLAIN OR WOUNDED SOLDIERS — The Purple Heart medal...
‘WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD’ — Jazz legend LOUIS ARMSTRONG, born on Aug. 4...
NOT CHINA, BUT A NEW WORLD — The first voyage of Italian explorer...