Guns 'n Roses hit number 1. Amy Winehouse dies. Space shuttle Columbia blasted off. U.S. women gymnasts clinched their first-ever Olympic team gold medal. Britain's Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey in London.

The Beatles release "Introducing The Beatles"

Neil Armstrong on the Moon

Deep Purple Calls It Quits

FDR nominated for 3rd term

Disneyland opens!

JFK Jr. dies in a plane crash. Harry Chapin was killed when his car was struck by a tractor-trailer.  Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Kennedy. Marine Corps Maj. John Glenn set a transcontinental speed record. "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger was first published.

Die Hard opens.  Gianni Versace was shot dead outside his Miami Beach home. 36-hour kidnap ordeal began for 26 schoolchildren and their bus driver. Georgia became the last Confederate state to be readmitted to the Union

Hank Aaron hits his 500th homerun. Eight student nurses brutally slain in Chicago. Italy formally declared war on Japan. scientist Robert H. Goddard received a U.S. patent for a liquid-fueled rocket apparatus.

Live Aid concert takes place. A blackout hit New York City. Frank Sinatra made his first commercial recording. John F. Kennedy won the Democratic presidential nomination. Deadly rioting against the Civil War military draft erupted in New York City.