July 31, Phelps sets Olympic medal record
Today is Wednesday, July 31, the 213th day of 2024. There are 153 days left in the year. Today in history: On July 31, 2012, at the Summer Olympics in …
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A historic California ghost town is decimated as the Park Fire and other massive wildfires rage
By Zoe Sottile, Susannah Cullinane and Holly Yan | CNN Wildfires are raging out of control in the Western United States and Canada – destroying homes, forcing evacuations and injuring …
July 29, USS Forrestal accident
Today is Monday, July 29, the 211th day of 2024. There are 155 days left in the year. Today in history: On July 29, 1967, an accidental rocket launch on …
July 28, US Army airplane crashes into Empire State Building
Today is Sunday, July 28, the 210th day of 2024. There are 156 days left in the year. Today in history: On July 28, 1945, A U.S. Army B-25 bomber …
Photo School Started by WWII Navy Combat Photog Continues to Produce Champions
World War II Navy combat photographer Chuck Scott (Photo provided by Lyntha Eiler) Nearly a half-century ago, Navy-trained World War II combat photographer Charles “Chuck” Scott helped launch a photo …
July 27, Korean War hostilities end
Today is Friday, July 27, the 209th day of 2024. There are 157 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 27, 1953, the Korean Armistice Agreement …
July 26, Americans with Disabilities Act signed into law
Today is Friday, July 26, the 208th day of 2024. There are 158 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush …
You may not know the name, but Bill Baird is the ‘father’ of birth control – The Mercury News
Jeffrey Fleishman | Los Angeles Times (TNS) DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — Bill Baird has been called many things: butcher, murderer, pied piper of sex, unholy deviant. It’s hard to imagine the 92-year-old …
Which Country Captured the Best Photo of the Apollo 11 Landing Site?
In the 60 years since Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin piloted the Lunar Module, Eagle, to the Moon’s surface in 1969, space probes have routinely surveyed and photographed the legendary …
July 23, the 1967 Detroit riot begins
Today is Tuesday, July 23, the 205th day of 2024. There are 161 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 23, 1967, the first of five …