65: Democratic Headquarters at the Watergate Hotel is victim of a break in. The burglars are captured. The ensuing scandal would result in President Richard Nixon becoming the first U.S. President to resign from office following the Watergate Scandal. Vice President Gerald Ford is sworn in as President ft. History Professor at Chapman University Luke A. Nichter, co-author of The Nixon Tapes series, and former Nixon appointments secretary and author of The President's Man, Dwight Chapin.  

64: U.S./Soviet tensions come to a head in Berlin when Soviets begin a yearlong blockade of the German capital. America would drop in aid through the sky "The Berlin Airlift." 

63: President William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia becoming the first president to die in office. Vice President John Tyler becomes the 10th U.S. President. 

62: Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for his invention of the telephone ft. Associate Professor of History at Western University (Ontario, Canada) and author of The People's Network .

61: The Civil War: General Sherman's march to the sea.

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70: WWI: The RMS Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat, killing 1,198. Two years later, in 1917, the U.S. declares war on Germany (they would later declare war on Austria-Hungary) ft. Historian, Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, & Author of The First World War, Sir Hew Strachan. 

 69: Martin Luther King Jr. gives his "Mountaintop Speech". The next day, he is shot and killed by James Earl Ray in Memphis, TN. ft. Chair of the Center for the American Dream at the AFPI, Dr. Alveda King, & Member of the New Orleans Four & Founder of the TEP Center, Dr. Leona Tate.  

68: The first billion-dollar corporation, U.S. Steel, is incorporated by J.P. Morgan 

67: Secretary of State George Marshall outlines the Marshall Plan, a rebuilding of post-WWII Europe; it is signed by President Truman the next year 

66: The Mexican-American War: The Battle of the Alamo and the ensuing response led to Texas declaring independence from Mexico

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75: Robert F. Kennedy is shot and killed by Sirhan Sirhan after a victory speech at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, CA 

76: President Andrew Johnson's attempt to dismiss Secretary of War Edwin Stanton results in his Impeachment by the House. He is acquitted by the Senate by one vote 

77: The Great Chicago Fire, as well as three others, displaced nearly 100k people, while the Peshtigo Fire killed 2,500, making it the deadliest fire in U.S. history 

78: Henry Ford's Model T is launched in Detroit, Michigan, with an initial price of $850. In 1913, the Ford Motor Company's magneto assembly line is utilized, igniting the era of mass production ft. Ford Archives & Heritage Brand Manager Ted Ryan.  

79: Space Shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after launch, killing everyone on board, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe, ft. Founding Chair of the Challenger Center Dr. June Scobee Rodgers.

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80: 52 American hostages are released from Iran after 444 days in captivity ft. Fox News Contributor and Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent James Gagliano. 

79: President Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law. The most impactful of the New Deal initiatives

78: President Trump is shot while campaigning at an outdoor rally in Butler, PA. The former president was grazed in his ear while an audience member was killed and two others injured. The shooter was killed at the scene ft. National Political Reporter for the Washington Examiner and author of Butler: The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America's Heartland, Salena Zito. 

77: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigating communism in the film industry. Three years later in 1950 US Senator Joe McCarthy accuses the State Dept. of being filled with 205 Communists.

76: The Soviet puppet regime of East Germany begins construction of The Berlin Wall separating East and West and challenging U.S. foreign policy.

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85: Former President Theodore Roosevelt is shot on his way to a speech in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Not only did Roosevelt survive but he gave (an abridged version of) the speech

84: The Supreme Court decides in Roe v. Wade that states could no longer ban abortions

83: The Supreme Court rules that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion this decision overrules 1973's Roe v Wade and 1992's Planned Parenthood v Casey. The issue of abortion is returned to the states ft. Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Chicago and co-author of Roe v. Dobbs: The Past, Present, and Future of a Constitutional Right to Abortion, Geoffrey R. Stone. 

82: The U.S. begins work on the Panama Canal

81: Vietnam War: Viet Cong forces launch the Tet Offensive, though a tactical defeat for the Vietcong forces, it is successful in driving US public opinion against the war ft. Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, Washington Post Columnist, and NYT Bestselling Author of Reagan: His Life and Legend, Max Boot. 

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90: The infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and later found murdered

89: Korean War: North Korean forces invade South Korea, America sends troops to intervene ft. President of Geopolitics and Foreign Policy at CSIS, Georgetown University Professor, & author of China's Weaponization of Trade .

88: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white person in Montgomery, AL

87: The Washington Monument is completed 36 years after construction began ft. Business and economic historian, American Heritage contributing editor, & author of Washington's Monument: And the Men Who Built It, John Steele Gordon.

86: John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil

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95: German airship The Hindenburg bursts into flames while mooring in Lakehurst, New Jersey killing 35

94: President Reagan is shot by John Hinckley Jr - Reagan would survive the attempt along with two others that were injured in the attack ft. Emeritus Professor of National Security Affairs at the United States Naval War College, Dr. Stephen F. Knott. 

93: War in Afghanistan: The US and a vast coalition of allies invade Afghanistan to depose the Taliban regime and capture Osama bin Laden

92: President Roosevelt addresses the nation in the first of his "Fireside Chats" ft. Professor of History and Judy and Peter Kovler Foundation Fellow in Roosevelt Studies at Marist University, & Senior Fellow and Resident Historian at the Roosevelt Institute, Dr. David B. Woolner. 

91: J. Edgar Hoover is appointed to run the FBI

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100: Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier, becoming the first Black man to play Major League Baseball ft. President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Bob Kendrick. 

99: Zachary Taylor dies in office. Millard Fillmore becomes President

98: The USS Maine explodes off the coast of Cuba killing 266 escalating tensions that lead to the Spanish-American War ft. Walton Chair of Theodore Roosevelt Studies at Dickinson State University & Public Historian of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, Dr. Michael Patrick Cullinane. 

97: President Kennedy sets a goal of putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade

96: President Harding dies of a heart attack. Vice President Calvin Coolidge assumes the presidency

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105: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of espionage and sentenced to death ft. Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research & author of Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy, Anne Sebba.

104: Alaska is purchased by Secretary of State William Seward from Russia for $7.2M. It is lampooned as Seward's Folly

103: In a 5-4 decision the Supreme Court declares the right to same-sex marriages to be Constitutional in the United States

102: President Clinton denies "sexual relations" with 22-year-old intern Monica Lewinsky. The President would later admit that he "did indeed" have a relationship with the intern. Later that year President Clinton becomes the first US President since Andrew Johnson to be impeached. ft. Chief Political Correspondent for the Washington Examiner & FOX News Contributor, Byron York.

101: After being defeated by Thomas Jefferson, John Adams becomes the first incumbent president to lose an election and peacefully transfer power to his successor

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110: President Johnson signs The Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law abolishing racial segregation

109: Samuel Morse demonstrates electric telegraphy for the first time. Six years later in 1844 - "What hath God wrought" Samuel Morse sends his first telegraph message from Washington to Baltimore ft. Curator of Electricity Collections at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, Hal Wallace. 

108: Rev. Martin Luther King Jr pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail ft. Chair of the Center for the American Dream at the America First Policy Institute, Dr. Alveda King. 

107: Vietnam War: Two US destroyers come under fire in the Gulf of Tonkin. President Johnson expands the war effort based upon this incident.

106: The New York Stock Exchange nosedives nearly taking out the American economy. It is given a reprieve by a group of investors led by J.P. Morgan who pool $25M to invest.

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