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History Lesson Tuesdays: 1944 FDR Signs G.I. Bill

On June 22, 1944, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the G.I. Bill, an unprecedented act of legislation designed to compensate returning members of the armed services—known as G.I.s—for their efforts in World War II. As the last of its sweeping New Deal reforms, Roosevelt’s administration created the G.I. Bill (officially the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944) hoping to avoid a relapseContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: 1944 FDR Signs G.I. Bill”

History Lesson Tuesday: 1968-Robert F. Kennedy is Fatally Shot

Shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968, Senator Robert Kennedy is shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles after winning the California presidential primary. Immediately after he announced to his cheering supporters that the country was ready to end its fractious divisions, Kennedy was shot several times by 24-year-old Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan. He was pronounced deadContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesday: 1968-Robert F. Kennedy is Fatally Shot”

History Lesson Tuesdays: 1942- The Battle of Midway Begins

On June 4, 1942, the Battle of Midway—one of the most decisive U.S. victories against Japan during World War II—begins. During the four-day sea-and-air battle, the outnumbered U.S. Pacific Fleet succeeded in destroying four Japanese aircraft carriers while losing only one of its own, the Yorktown, to the previously invincible Japanese navy. In six months of offensives prior toContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: 1942- The Battle of Midway Begins”

History Lesson Tuesdays: 1995- Pop Star Selena murdered by fan club president

March 31, 1995 Pop star Selena is murdered in Corpus Christi, Texas, shot dead by the president of her fan club. The tragic death prompts an immediate outpouring of grief from fans. Selena Quintanilla Perez rose to fame as the lead singer of her family band, Selena y los Dinos. The band toured extensively, playing in danceContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: 1995- Pop Star Selena murdered by fan club president”

History Lesson Tuesdays: 2003: War In Iraq Begins

On March 19, 2003, the United States, along with coalition forces primarily from the United Kingdom, initiates war on Iraq. Just after explosions began to rock Baghdad, Iraq’s capital, U.S. President George W. Bush announced in a televised address, “At this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, toContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: 2003: War In Iraq Begins”

History Lesson Tuesdays: 1993- World Trade Center is Bombed

2/26/1993 At 12:18 p.m., a terrorist bomb explodes in a parking garage of the World Trade Center in New York City, leaving a massive, multi-story crater and causing the collapse of several steel-reinforced concrete floors in the vicinity of the blast. Although the terrorist bomb failed to critically damage the main structure of the skyscrapers, six people were killed andContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: 1993- World Trade Center is Bombed”

History Lesson Tuesdays: 2003- Rhode Island nightclub burns

A fire at a rock concert in a West Warwick, Rhode Island, nightclub kills 100 people and seriously injures almost 200 more on February 20, 2003. It was the deadliest such fire in the United States since 165 people were killed at the Beverly Hill Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky, in 1977. On the night of FebruaryContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: 2003- Rhode Island nightclub burns”

History Lesson Tuesdays: 1929 – The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre

Four men dressed as police officers enter gangster Bugs Moran’s headquarters on North Clark Street in Chicago, line seven of Moran’s henchmen against a wall, and shoot them to death. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, as it is now called, was the culmination of a gang war between arch rivals Al Capone and Bugs Moran. George “Bugs” Moran wasContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: 1929 – The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre”