Author: mindgames

This Day in History: 1987

Rudolf Hess, former deputy to Hitler, is found dead in Spandau Prison.

This Day in History: 1955

Paul Robeson loses a court appeal for a passport.

This Day in History: 1859

Charles Comiskey, namesake of Comiskey Park, is born in Chicago.

This Day in History: 1933

A massive 267,000-acre forest fire is sparked in northern Oregon.

This Day in History: 1948

U.S. and British planes airlift a record 5,000 tons of supplies into Berlin.

This Day in History: 1953

The Soviet Union detonates its first hydrogen bomb device.

This Day in History: 1973

The film "American Graffiti" is released in theaters.

This Day in History: 1793

The Louvre in Paris is opened as a public museum.