Thread: Today in History

Highlights of this day in history: JFK and Nixon participate in TV's first presidential debate; Cuba ends Mariel boatlift; Composer George Gershwin, poet T.S. Eliot and tennis star Serena Williams born; 'West Side Story' hits Broadway. (Sept. 26)

Highlights of this day in history: Chuck Yeager breaks sound barrier; Britain's Battle of Hastings takes place; Martin Luther King, Jr. wins Nobel Peace Prize; Former President Theodore Roosevelt shot; Singer Bing Crosby dies. (Oct. 14)

Highlights of this day in history: Inventor Thomas Edison dies; Three scientists share Nobel prize for DNA work; Anthrax scare hits CBS in New York; Two U.S. athletes suspended for Mexico City Olympics protest; Rock star Chuck Berry born. (Oct. 18)

Guy Fawkes Day: A Brief History

Highlights of this day in history: Cult leader Jim Jones and hundreds of followers die in mass murder-suicide in South America; Massachusetts high court rules gay couples can marry; Disney's 'Steamboat Willie' premieres in New York. (Nov. 18)

Published on Dec 22, 2012
Uprising topples Romania's Nicolae Ceausescu; Richard Reid tries to set off explosives in his shoes on an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami; French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is convicted of treason in a court martial, however is eventually vindicated years later.

^^^^ Nicolae probably woke up that morning and thought, "This will be another great day!" Zoinks! Guess again, Nic.

^^^^
Published on Dec 27, 2012
President Woodrow Wilson is born; John C. Calhoun becomes the first vice president of the United States to resign; Alexander Solzhenitsyn's "Gulag Archipelago" is published; Actor Denzel Washington and comic book creator Stan Lee are born. (Dec. 28)

Published on Jan 27, 2013
Highlights of Today in History: Space Shuttle Challenger explosion; Sir Francis Drake dies; Cuban revolutionary Jose Marti born; Vince Lombardi named head coach of Green Bay Packers. (Jan. 28)

Originally Posted by Curt James

Published on Dec 22, 2012
Uprising topples Romania's Nicolae Ceausescu; Richard Reid tries to set off explosives in his shoes on an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami; French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is convicted of treason in a court martial, however is eventually vindicated years later.

Just watched the movie Life of Emile Zola which delved heavily into that whole scandal, very much like the Ollie North debacle in many ways....

Published on Feb 9, 2013
Highlights of this day in history: The Beatles appear on TV's 'Ed Sullivan'; Sen. Joseph McCarthy launches his anti-communist crusade; World War II's Battle of Guadalcanal ends; Soviet leader Yuri Andropov dies; author Alice Walker born. (Feb. 9)

Originally Posted by maniclion

Just watched the movie Life of Emile Zola which delved heavily into that whole scandal, very much like the Ollie North debacle in many ways....

Published on Feb 17, 2013
Highlights of this day in history: Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer gets life in prison; House lawmakers pick a president; Garry Kasparov beats IBM's Deep Blue at chess; NBA star Michael Jordan born; The Eagles release their greatest hits. (Feb. 17)

On February 22, 1953, one of Hemingway's cats, Uncle Willie, was hit by a car. Following the accident, Hemingway sent his close friend Gianfranco Ivancich the following distraught letter:

Dear Gianfranco:

Just after I finished writing you and was putting the letter in the envelope Mary came down from the Torre and said, "Something terrible has happened to Willie." I went out and found Willie with both his right legs broken: one at the hip, the other below the knee. A car must have run over him or somebody hit him with a club. He had come all the way home on the two feet of one side. It was a multiple compound fracture with much dirt in the wound and fragments protruding. But he purred and seemed sure that I could fix it.

I had Rene get a bowl of milk for him and Rene held him and caressed him and Willie was drinking the milk while I shot him through the head. I don't think he could have suffered and the nerves had been crushed so his legs had not begun to really hurt. Monstruo wished to shoot him for me, but I could not delegate the responsibility or leave a chance of Will knowing anybody was killing him...

Have had to shoot people but never anyone I knew and loved for eleven years. Nor anyone that purred with two broken legs.

Published on Mar 4, 2013
Highlights of Today in History: Boston Massacre; Winston Churchill warns about Soviet Union's growing influence in Europe after WWII; Stalin dies; John Belushi found dead; Patsy Cline dies in plane crash. (March 5)

Published on Apr 2, 2013
Highlights of this day in history: Martin Luther King gives last speech; Execution in Lindbergh baby case; Truman signs Marshall plan; Jesse James killed; Pony Express begins service; Marlon Brando born. (April 3)

INTERVIEWSKurt Cobain Died 19 Years Ago Today
April 5 2013, 1:06 PM ET
by Kyle McGovern
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SPIN remembers the icon with two decades of coverage




Nineteen years ago today (April 5), Kurt Cobain's short life came to a sudden, tragic end. In 1994, the Nirvana frontman, at age 27, took his own life in the greenhouse of his Seattle home. Since then, devoted fans have wondered what would have happened if Cobain hadn't died ? even Courtney Love has offered her own take on that alternate reality ? and we here at SPIN have honored the man, music, and myth at the heart of Nirvana many times over.

We've collected years of exclusive SPIN content dedicated to Nirvana and their immeasurable impact on our culture. Find it all below, followed by Nirvana's breathtaking rendition of "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" from their legendary MTV Unplugged performance.

What Nevermind Means to Me, featuring Eddie Vedder, Wayne Coyne, Dave Grohl, and more sharing their personal histories with Nirvana's classic second album
Kurt Cobain Scrapbook, collecting images of Kurt through the years, as we ran them in the pages of SPIN
Eight Myths About Nevermind, in which Cobain biographer Charles R. Cross answers two decades of burning questions
Heaven Can't Wait, SPIN's January 1992 Nirvana cover story
Smashing Their Heads on the Punk Rock, SPIN's October 1993 Nirvana cover story
Grunge's European Invasion: Intimate Photos From Nirvana's 1989 Tour
"Experiencing Nirvana": Sub Pop Co-Founder Revisits Defining 1989 Tour
"Weird Al" Yankovic Looks Back at 20 Years of "Smells Like Nirvana"
Blame Nirvana: The 40 Weirdest Post-'Nevermind' Major-Label Albums

Published on Apr 12, 2013
An explosion cripples Apollo 13 on its way to the Moon; President Thomas Jefferson born; Pope John Paul II visits a synagogue; Actor Sydney Poitier achieves an Oscar milestone; Golfer Tiger Woods wins the Masters for the first time. (April 13)