1776: The Continental Congress formed a committee to draft a Declaration of Independence calling for freedom from Britain 1919: Sir Barton won the Belmont Stakes, becoming horse racing’s first Triple Crown winner 1987: Margaret Thatcher became the first British prime minister in 160 years to win a third consecutive term of...
A German Mercedes car somersaulted through the rails after a triple crash in the Le Mans 24-hour race, on June 11, 1955, exploding and killing its driver , Pierre Levegh, and over 80 of the packed crowd of spectators. A German Mercedes car somersaulted through the rails after a triple crash in the Le Mans 24-hour race, on June 11, 1955, exploding and killing its driver , Pierre Levegh, and over 80 of the packed crowd of spectators.
In 1962, three prisoners at Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay staged an escape, leaving the island on a makeshift raft; they were never found or heard from again. In 1993, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that people who commit “hate crimes” motivated by bigotry may be sentenced to extra punishment.
In 2009, with swine flu reported in more than 70 nations, the World Health Organization declared the first global flu pandemic in 41 years.
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