THE BAY OF PIGS April 17, 1961 – Soldier of Fortune Magazine sofmag.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sofmag.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
This Week in History: June 19-25, 2017
for human events ever resemble those of preceding times.”
Machiavelli
June 19
1586 – English colonists sail away from Roanoke Island, North Carolina, after failing to establish England’s first permanent settlement in America.
1846 – The New York Knickerbocker Club plays the New York Club in the first baseball game at the Elysian Field in Hoboken, New Jersey. It is the first organized baseball game.
1867 – Ruthless wins the first Belmont Stakes horse race.
1910 – Father’s Day is celebrated for the first time in Spokane, Washington.
1912 – The U.S. government establishes the 8-hour workday.
1934 – Congress establishes the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to regulate radio and (later) TV broadcasting.
VIETNAM: THE AMERICAN AGONY
IAN SCLANDERS
THE WAR IN VIETNAM is one that the ordinary American doesn’t like and didn’t expect. He can’t understand how he got into it Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson all assured him he wouldn’t. He wishes that the United States could manage to get out of it without capitulating completely to the Communists or losing face. That was the impression 1 was left with by what I saw and heard recently in New York and Washington, which, because one is the biggest city and the intellectual centre, and the other is the capital, traditionally reflect the U. S. mood best.
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Missouri S&T 150th events a part of statewide Bicentennial Alliance
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Missouri University of Science and Technology’s 150th anniversary celebration is joining the state of Missouri’s Bicentennial Alliance to host a lecture series on the history and culture of the region.
The series, titled “Honoring our Past, Envisioning the Future: Missouri S&T Lecture Series for the Bicentennial,” will explore social and economic growth topics relative to Missourians. All presentations will be available for live public viewing online; lectures taking place later in the year may have in-person attendance. The seven topics, scheduled from February to December 2021, include: