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This Day in History | 1782 General George Washington creates the “Badge for Military Merit,” a decoration consisting of a purple, heart-shaped piece of silk, edged...
This Day in History | 1945 The United States becomes the first and only nation to use nuclear weapons during wartime when it drops an atomic...
This Day in History | 1962 Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her home in Los Angeles. She was discovered lying nude on her bed, face...
This Day in History | 1854 Henry David Thoreau’s classic Walden, or, A Life in the Woods is required reading in many classrooms today. But when...
This Day in History | 1949 After a damaging three-year battle to win both players and fans, the rival Basketball Association of America (BAA) and National...
This Day in History | 1990 Iraqi forces invade Kuwait, Iraq’s tiny, oil-rich neighbor. Kuwait’s defense forces were rapidly overwhelmed, and those that were not destroyed...
This Day in History | 1944 Anne Frank, the young Jewish girl hiding out in Nazi-occupied Holland whose diary came to serve as a symbol of...
This Day in History | 1956 President Dwight Eisenhower signs a law officially declaring “In God We Trust” to be the nation’s official motto. The law...
This Day in History | 1958 The U.S. Congress passes legislation establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a civilian agency responsible for coordinating America’s...
This Day in History | 1974 The House Judiciary Committee recommends that America’s 37th president, Richard M. Nixon, be impeached and removed from office. The impeachment...
