Bob Marley dies. ValuJet DC-9 crashes into the Florida Everglades. Tornado devastates Waco, Texas. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded. Minnesota becomes the 32nd state in the Union. Columbus takes his final trip to the Western Hemisphere.

Eight die on Everest. John Wayne Gacy executed. Nelson Mandela takes Oath of Office. Buckingham Palace announces the divorce of Princess Margaret. Nazi's burn books. First Transcontinental Railroad completed. Paul Revere dies.

Louis Armstrong knocks the Beatles out of the top spot on the charts. Obama declares support for same sex marriages. Nelson Mandela becomes president. Freighter rams Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Aldo Moro found dead. Newton M. Minow calls television a 'vast wasteland.' Mother's Day designated.

Theme song from Welcome Back, Kotter hits number 1 in the U.S. Soviet Union announces boycott of Olympics. 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum' opens. Truman announces that Germany has surrendered. Sweden abolishes the death penalty. De Soto reaches the Mississippi River. The Seige of Orleans ends.

Keith Richards comes up with 'Satisfaction.' Telestar II launched. America's first Inaugural Ball. Beethoven's Symphony Number 9 performed.

Hindenburg explodes. Roger Bannister beats the 4 minute mile. Bob Hope performs first USO show. Eiffel tower opens.

Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space. Michael Fay caned in Singapore. Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream opens. 'Damn Yankees' opens on broadway. Battle of Puebla is won by Mexico. Napolean Bonaparte dies. Karl Marx born. Columbus lands in Jamaica.

Gene Vincent records 'Be-Bop-A-Lula.' Kent State massacre takes place. 'Freedom Riders' leave Washington DC. First Grammy Awards Ceremony. Al Capone goes to prison. Haymarket Square riot takes place. Rhode Island declares it's freedom.

Machiavelli is born. Madeleine McCann vanishes. 70 tornadoes hit Oklahoma and Kansas. "The Fantasticks" debuts. Kentucky Derby televised nationally for the first time.

Osama Bin Laden killed. The Weather Channel debuts. 'The Odd Couple' opens. 'Battle of Alcatrez' takes place. 'Take Me Out To The Ballgame' published. 'Peter and the Wolf' premieres. 'Stonewall' Jackson wounded.