Historically Today Was a Busy Day!

If you love history and how it affects our life today, then today is a big day for you.

On this day in 1773 The Sons of Liberty dumped 342 chests of British tea into the Boston Harbor.  Dressed as Mohawk Indians they boarded the boats at midnight.  This was to protest the Tea Act of 1773 a bill enacted by the British parliament to save the faltering British East India Company by greatly lowering its tea tax and granting it a virtual monopoly on the American tea trade.

In 1950 in the wake of the massive Chinese intervention in the Korean War, President Harry S Truman declared a state of emergency.  He stated that “Communist imperialism threatened the world’s people.  And called upon the American people to help construct an “arsenal of freedom.”

 In 1960, in the only event of its kind in U.S. history two planes collided over New York City. A  United DC-8 from Chicago was heading for Idlewild Airport(now JFK International). At the same time a TWA  Super Constellation from Dayton was heading to LaGuardia .  The United flight was put into a holding pattern due to bad weather.  The pilot miscalculated the pattern and flew into the path of the TWA flight.  The crash killed all crew and passengers on both planes as well as 6 people on the ground.

 For those who love literature, on this day in 1775 Jane Austen was born.   In 1944 the Battle of the Bulge began.  Why that title?  Because the Germans created a “bulge” around the area of the Ardennes forest in pushing through the American defensive line.  This was a desperate attempt to push the Allied front line west from n northern France to northwestern Belgium.

For our younger readers…….In 1977  John Travolta was launched into super-stardom when he starred in Saturday Night Fever.

 




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