This day in history: The Salem Witch Hunt begins
On March 1, 1692, a series of events began in Salem Village, Massachusetts, that would lead to one of the most famous and tragic periods in American history. On this day, three women, Sarah Goode, […]
This day in history: DNA structure discovered
On February 28, 1953, two scientists, James Watson and Francis Crick, announced they had figured out the structure of DNA. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid, is the hereditary material in humans and almost all other organisms, […]
This day in history: The World Trade Center is bombed
On February 26, 1993, at 12:18 p.m., a normal Friday in Lower Manhattan was shattered by a massive explosion. A yellow rental van, packed with roughly 1,200 pounds of urea nitrate explosives, exploded in the […]
This day in history: Supreme Court reinforces right to satirize public figures
On February 24, 1988, the U.S. The Supreme Court made a decision in which the Court held that parodies of public figures, even those intending to cause emotional distress, are protected by the First and […]
This day in history: US hockey team beats the Soviets
On February 22, 1980, in a game that seemed almost impossible to win, a young group of American college players defeated the powerful Soviet Union hockey team at the XIII Olympic Winter Games in Lake […]