History Daily

August 15, 1969. Over 400,000 people attend one of the most pivotal events in popular music history: the first day of Woodstock.

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On today's Saturday Matinee, we bring you part one of a four-part series that tells the story of how little plastic bricks set the foundation for a business that eventually became the global leader in the toy industry: Lego.

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August 11, 1965. Sparked by allegations of police brutality, racial tensions boil over in Los Angeles, igniting the Watts Rebellion.

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August 8, 1988. A wave of nationwide student-led protests against Myanmar’s socialist dictator leads to a ruthless military crackdown.

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August 7, 1974. Philippe Petit walks on a high wire between the newly built twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City.

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The tradition of April Fools Day is born in a gruesome political murder that prevents the recognition of March 32nd, a day so steeped in mystery it doesn’t appear on the calendar.

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• Arch Priests, Steven Walters for Airship, and Pascal Hughes for Noiser.
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December 14, 1926. An 11-day nationwide search ends when crime novelist Agatha Christie is discovered living under a false identity at a hotel in Harrogate, England after disappearing from her home.

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December 23, 1688. King James II of England abandons the throne and flees abroad after a coup forces him from power

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December 16th, 1773. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dump 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor

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December 2, 1956. Communist revolutionary Fidel Castro launches the Cuban Revolution.

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