Captain Matthew Webb became first person to ever swim the English Channel

A US Army Air Forces B24 bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England killing 61 people.

20 of the Camden 28 are arrested

President Dwight D. Eisenhower proclaims Hawaii the 50th state of the union.

The “Black Saturday” during the 1988 fire in Yellowstone National Park

The “Samlesbury witches” are put on trial, accused of practicing witchcraft, one of the most famous witch trials in British history.

The Battle of Long Tan takes place during the Vietnam War after an Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in Phuoc Tuy province.

East German border guards kill Peter Fechter, 18, as he attempts to cross the Berlin Wall into West Berlin.

The Wizard of Oz premiers at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California