Chuck Berry records 'Maybellene.' Thurston High School shooting. Rajiv Gandhi assasinated. Amelia Earhart completes her flight. The Spirit of St. Louis lands.

Sinatra is laid to rest. The final episode of Cheers, Part 1 airs. White mob attacks Freedom Riders. Amelia Earhart flies solo. Charles Lindbergh takes off. First speeding arrest. Levi Strauss recieves patent.

Pete Townshend writes 'My Generation.' Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis dies.  Marylin Monroe sings 'Happy Birthday.' Churchill adresses Congress again. 'Lawrence of Arabia' dies. Darkness envelopes New England in the afternoon. England declared a Republic.

Ian Curtis commits suicide. U.S. Government files an anti-trust case against Microsoft. Mt. St. Helens erupts. 'Seperate but equal' endorsed. Montreal founded.

The final episode of Beverly Hills 90210 airs. Massachusetts becomes first state to allow same-sex marriages. Four officers aquitted of fatally beating Arthur McDuffie. Brown vs Board of Education decision handed down. Information Please! debuts. The first Kentucky Derby is run. The New York Stock Exchange started.

Motown Records gets it's first number 1 hit. 'Cultural Revolution' begins in China. George Polk found slain. 'Annie get your Gun' premieres on broadway. First food stamp program begins. Joan of Arc canonized. St. Petersburg founded.

Ebony and Ivory hits number 1. Soviet Union begins withdrawing from Afghanistan. First airline stewardess goes on duty. Mickey Mouse makes his debut. Department of Agriculture established. Virginia supports independence from Brittain.

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.