Author: mindgames

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.

This Day in History: 1936

Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the Berlin Olympics.

This Day in History: 1968

Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew are nominated by the Republican Party.

This Day in History: 1947

Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki raft completes its journey from Peru to Tahiti.

This Day in History: 1862

The Confederate ironclad Arkansas is blown up by her crew.