Todays History

The polio vaccine is declared safe and effective.

The ill-fated Apollo 13 is launched.

129 sailors die when the submarine USS Thresher sinks at sea.

Over 4 million people attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II.

United States Secretary of the Interior leases Teapot Dome petroleum reserves in Wyoming in what becomes known as the Teapot Dome Scandal

Waterloo, sung by ABBA wins the 19th annual Eurovision Song Contest

Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in a controlled explosions

The bombardment of Bucharest by Anglo-American forces results in 3000 civilian deaths.

The biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history occur. 315 are killed.