Captain Albert Berry – One of the world’s first parachutists lands in St. Louis
On March 1, 1912, U.S. Army Captain Albert Berry climbed into a Benoist pusher-type airplane
North America
Laurier Palace Theatre fire – Flames and panic kills angels in Montreal
Opened in 1912, the Laurier Palace was the scene of a tragic fire on January
Starman – The deer comes to life again in South Pittsburg
Α 1984 American science fiction romance film directed by John Carpenter that tells the story
Hindenburg disaster – The end of the giant passenger airship in Lakehurst
In 1937, the Hindenburg departed from Frankfurt, Germany, on the evening of May 3, on
Pong – One of the earliest arcade video games is being exhibited in Mountain View
A table tennis sports game featuring simple two-dimensional graphics, manufactured by Atari
Pan Am Worldport – The historic airport terminal 3 in Queens
An airport terminal built by Pan American World Airways in 1960 at John F. Kennedy
Woodstock – Three days of peace and music in Bethel
A music festival held August 15-18, 1969, on Max Yasgur’s dairy farm 65 km southwest
Police Academy – Hooks takes a driving test in Etobicoke
A 1984 American comedy film directed by Hugh Wilson in his directorial debut
Elizabeth J. Magie – The birthplace of Monopoly’s inventor in Macomb
Magie first made her game, known as The Landlord’s Game, popular among friends. It is
The Dalton Gang – The last raid in Coffeyville
Around 9:30 the morning of October 5, 1892 five members of the Dalton Gang (Grat
Jackson Park World’s Columbian Exposition – The great neoclassical paradise in Chicago
Organized to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus’s landfall in the New World, the World’s
Superman – The author meets the artist in Cleveland
A fictional superhero, first appeared in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character
North Hollywood shootout – The Battle with the wild guns in Los Angeles
A confrontation between two heavily armed and armored bank robbers, Larry Phillips Jr. and Emil
Brandon Lee – The Crow dies on movie set in Wilmington
On March 31, 1993, at Carolco Studios (renamed it EUE/Screen Gems Studios in 1996), Lee was
Aztec calendar – The Aztec sun stone is being exhibited in Mexico City
The calendrical system used by the Aztecs as well as other Pre-Columbian peoples of central
The Day the Earth Stood Still – Gort lands in Washington D.C
A 1951 American black-and-white science fiction film from 20th Century Fox, produced by Julian Blaustein
International UFO Museum and Research Center – The location of the UFO history in Roswell
Museum is focused largely on the Roswell Crash and later supposed UFO incidents. It was
Terminator – The cyborg killing machine arrives in Los Angeles
A 1984 American science fiction film directed by James Cameron. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as
RMS Queen Mary – The historical passenger ship rests in Long Beach
A British ocean liner that sailed primarily on the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to
John ☮ Lennon – The Legend falls dead in New York
On the evening of 8 December 1980, English musician John Lennon, was shot dead in
The Doors – The site of the Morrison Hotel in Los Angeles
The fifth studio album by American rock band the Doors, released February 9, 1970 by
Goodyear – The historic “Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company” in Akron
The 38-year-old founder, Industrialist and entrepreneur Franklin Augustus Seiberling, purchased the company’s first plant with
The first jigsaw puzzle is being exhibited in Rochester
The engraver and cartographer John Spilsbury, of London, is believed to have produced the first
Battery Weed – The guardian of the Narrows in New York
The fort was intended to protect New York from attack by sea. When built ,
