On this day in history, July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), one of the most sweeping affirmation of rights for the disabled in American history, according to History.com. President Bush signed the act into law on the South Lawn of the White House South Lawn...
A photo from Mars taken by NASA’s Viking 1 spacecraft left people perplexed and wondering about the possibility of extraterrestrial life on this day in history, July 25, 1976. Dubbed the “Face on Mars,” the image appeared to show a carving of eyes, nose and a mouth in the Martian region of Cydonia. “NASA’s Viking...
“Saving Private Ryan,” a terrifying account of the physical, mental and moral trauma suffered by American GIs during World War II, debuted in theaters on this day in history, July 24, 1998. “Saving Private Ryan,” writes the website CinemaScholars.com, “makes the claim as being the greatest war film of all time.” Steven Spielberg directed the...
On this day in history, July 23, 1885, Ulysses S. Grant died at his family cottage in New York. The 18th president of the United States had a complex and compelling upbringing and time in the White House. Grant was a West Point graduate — later to become president of the United States, according to...
Category is: “Television Legends’ Birthdays.” Answer: This record-setting game show host was born in Sudbury, Ontario, on this day in history, July 22, 1940. Correct response: Who is Alex Trebek? Famed game show host Alex Trebek was born to parents George Trebek, a Ukrainian immigrant, and his wife Lucille, who was French-Canadian. ON THIS DAY...
On this day in history, July 21, 1999, Navy divers recovered the bodies of John F. Kennedy Jr., 38, his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, 33, and her sister Lauren Bessette, 34, at about 10:30 a.m. in 116 feet of water in the Atlantic Ocean about eight miles the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, following a...
On this day in history, July 20, 1968, athletes competed in the first Special Olympics International Games — the largest sporting event for people with intellectual disabilities today, according to National Geographic. The first Special Olympics International Games were held at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. About 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities from the United...
Mary Jo Kopechne, 28 years old and a respected political operative, was found dead in the overturned car of Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., in a tidal pond near Chappaquiddick Island on this day in history, July 19, 1969. Known as the “Chappaquiddick incident,” the drowning death of Kopechne and the chain of events before and...
Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci redefined perfection on this day in history, July 18, 1976, when she scored the first-ever perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics history. Competing on the uneven bars apparatus during the compulsory portion of the team event of the women’s artistic gymnastics competition, Comaneci made history in less than 30 seconds. “Chris, this...
The Potsdam Conference shaped the diplomacy of the end of World War II. And on this day in history, July 17, 1945, following Nazi Germany’s surrender in the war, President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin began meeting at Potsdam, a suburb of Berlin, Germany, in the...
