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This Weekend In History….
MTV……. August 1, 1981……. Cable’s first 24-hour music channel debuts. The first video MTV played was Video Killed The Radio Star by the Buggles. Gulf War….. August 2, 1990….. Iraqi president Saddam Hussein orders the invasion of Kuwait, claiming that Kuwait was threatening Iraq’s economy by overproducing oil, and that Kuwait was historically part of Iraq. These actions were…
On This Day……
New York Stock Exchange Closes…… July 31, 1914……. Due to the outbreak of World War I in Europe, the stock exchange closes for the first time since the Panic of 1873. It began allowing bond trading in November and limited stock trading resumed in December. It didn’t fully reopen until April 1, 1915.
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U.S. Navy’s Worst Wartime Loss at Sea…… July 30, 1945…….. After the USS Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese torpedo, the survivors were stranded for three and half days in shark-infested waters. Only 316 of the 1,195-man crew survived the ordeal. This was the greatest single loss of life at sea, from a single ship, in the…
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Forrestal Disaster…… July 29, 1967……. Fire on USS Forrestal kills 134 people. While the ship was preparing to launch attacks on Vietnam, a rocket from one of its own F-4 Phantom jet fighters accidentally launched and struck several parked A-4 Skyhawk jets which were waiting to take off. One of the parked Skyhawks was piloted by John McCain,…