Today in History St. Augustine: the oldest permanent European settlement in the US was founded (1565) Galveston Hurricane: made landfall; it was the deadliest natural disaster to strike the US to date (1900) Miss America: the annual pageant was first held in Atlantic City; 16-year-old Margaret Gorman of Washington DC was the first to be crowned (1921) Siege of Leningrad: nearly 2.5-year blockade of the city by the Germans in WWII began (1941) Star Trek: TV series recounting the adventures of the starship Enterprise premiered (1966) John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: opened in Washington, DC, with the premiere of Leonard Bernsteins Mass (1971) Watergate: US president Gerald Ford granted his predecessor, Richard Nixon, a full pardon for crimes he committed or may have committed (1974)
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 05:28:23 +0000
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