NEWS AF Vol.1 WARNING:The following content may contain material that is not suitable for all audiences. Viewer discretion is advised. This week in History 1935, Babe Ruth, one of the greatest players in the history of baseball, ends his Major League playing career after 22 seasons, 10 World Series and 714 home runs. 1997, Timothy McVeigh, a former U.S. Army soldier, is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 terrorist bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. 1968, Senator Robert Kennedy is shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles after winning the California presidential primary. Immediately after he announced to his cheering supporters that the country was ready to end its fractious divisions, Kennedy was shot several times by the 22-year-old Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan. He died a day later. 1965, A coal mine explosion kills 236 workers at the Yamano mine near Fukuoka, Japan, on this day in 1965. The tragic disaster might have been avoided if the operators of the mine had taken even the most basic safety precautions. 2016, 3 ships in 3 days sink carrying immigrants across the Mediterraneann, drowning over 700 people 1926, Norma Jeane Mortenson–who will become better known around the world as the glamorous actress and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe–is born on this day, in Los Angeles, California. She was later given her mother’s name, and baptized Norma Jeane Baker. 1942, a Warsaw underground newspaper, the Liberty Brigade, makes public the news of the gassing of tens of thousands of Jews at Chelmno, a Nazi-operated death camp in Poland—almost seven months after extermination of prisoners began. 1953, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa of Nepal, become the first explorers to reach the summit of Mount Everest, which at 29,035 feet above sea level is the highest point on earth. The two, part of a British expedition, made their final assault on the summit after spending a fitful night at 27,900 feet. Thanks for reading/skimming/not reading/whatevs More will follow depending on feedback, or my memory of doing it. Tyvm Azza
Tbh i didnt know half this until i done it. But i did drop out of school so maybe i missed it?feel free to enlighten me on anything else i should've learnt at highschool
Did you copy the wikipedia article? ? I ain't reading wikipedia amyway. So thanks for making this :lol:
So what history has taught us this week: to live indoors for the rest of forever to avoid any sort of deadly accidents/assassination/nazi’s. But if you dare to step out, you can be recognized for climbing mountains/baseball record/having a voluptuous body. Insightful post