space monkeys

1961 - Alan B. Spepard Jr. becomes America's first space traveler.
1925 - John T. Scopes arrested for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.

Today

1945- Fall Of Berlin

1994 - Nelson Mandela wins south africa's first democratic election

1994 - Tony Blair becomes Prime Minister

Empire State Building Dedicated

On this day in 1931, President Herbert Hoover officially dedicates New York City's Empire State Building, pressing a button from the White House that turns on the building's lights. Hoover's gesture, of course, was symbolic; while the president remained in Washington, D.C., someone else flicked the switches in New York.

Adolf Hitler Commits Suicide

On this day in 1945, holed up in a bunker under his headquarters in Berlin, Adolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head. Soon after, Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allied forces, ending Hitler's dreams of a "1,000-year" Reich.

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