Hurricane Katrina, one of the most catastrophic natural disasters in U.S. history, struck the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005. The storm caused unprecedented destruction, particularly in New Orleans, Louisiana, and left a lasting impact on the nation’s collective memory. Katrina was a Category…
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On August 29, 1966, in San Francisco, the Fab Four played their last planned concert, marking a major change in pop culture. Taking place at Candlestick Park the Beatles rocked to a crowd of 25,000 adoring fans in the final concert of Beatlemania. By…
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On August 28, 1963, in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered one of the most iconic speeches in American history. The “I Have a Dream” speech became a defining moment in the Civil Rights Movement, encapsulating…
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On August 28, 1955, one of the worst examples of violence and injustice occurred in Money, Mississippi. Emmett Louis Till, a 14-year-old African American boy from Chicago, was brutally murdered while visiting his cousins in Mississippi after allegedly whistling at a white woman, Carolyn…
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The first edition of the Guinness Book of Records was published in Great Britain on August 27, 1955, marking the beginning of what would become a global phenomenon. Conceived as a book to settle pub arguments, it quickly transformed into one of the most…
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“Rome, once the capital of the world, is now the grave of the Roman people,” wrote Saint Jerome of a cataclysm in 410 of a disaster that few could have predicted. On August 27 of that year, following 800 years of military domination and…
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John Fitch, an American inventor, secured a patent for the steamboat on August 26, 1791, marking a significant milestone in the early history of American innovation and transportation. Fitch’s journey to this achievement was fraught with challenges, yet his relentless determination laid the groundwork…
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On August 26, 1883, the loudest sound ever recorded happened in Indonesia on a caldera situated in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung. The volcano known as Krakatoa erupted with such force that it…
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On August 25, 1950, as the Korean War raged overseas, the United States faced a critical threat on the home front—a looming nationwide railroad strike that could paralyze the nation’s transportation network and cripple the war effort. Recognizing the catastrophic impact such a strike…
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On August 25, 1609, the Italian astronomer and philosopher Galilei Galileo debuted something to Venetian merchants that would make him both a legend and a heretic–his telescope. The Guardian writes, “A refinement of models first devised in the Netherlands, Galileo’s slim, brown stick was puny…
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