This Day In History

One of the most famous cartoon strips in history was first published in 1978, President Johnson's sweeping civil rights laws were approved by Congress, and Father's Day is celebrated for the first time in 1910.

Astronaut Sally Ride became the first woman in space, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, and a significant arms treaty was signed by the U.S. and Soviet Union.

The infamous Watergate burglary occurred in Washington, D.C., President Nixon officially declared the War on Drugs, and the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor.

An asteroid 73-meters in diameter passed within 75,000 miles of Earth, the words 'under God' were included in the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance, and a supposed alien spacecraft crash-landed in Roswell, New Mexico.

The man behind the Oklahoma City bombing was sentenced to death, the FBI's standoff with the Montana Freemen ended after 81 days, and the first man-made object left our solar system when it passed Neptune in 1983.

The world's largest twin-jet airliner made its first flight in 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were murdered in Los Angeles, and the 'Son of Sam' killer was sentenced to 365 years in prison.

The mastermind of the Oklahoma City bombing was put to death, the U.S. government finally ended the Native American occupation of Alcatraz, and three inmates became the only prisoners ever to escape from Alcatraz.

The assassin of Martin Luther King escaped from prison but was re-captured three days later, Apple introduced it's Apple II, one of the world's first personal computers, and the six-day war ended between Israel and Syria.

The Boeing 777 jumbo jetliner first entered into service, the home of Elvis Presley was first opened to the public, and one of the most famous battles of World War II ended.

One of the best-selling video games ever made was first released, the world's premier professional basketball organization was created, former president Franklin Roosevelt created a securities commission to enforce the nation's trade market laws.