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Here are photos from USA TODAY's achieve of that night and the days leading up to it.: This 1975 "Y2K Compliant" Chevrolet Truck on Third Avenue in Franklin, Tenn., on Sept. 21, 1999.
1970 – The self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra in southeastern Nigeria surrendered to the federal government less than three years after declaring independence, ending the Nigerian Civil War. 2018 – In the " Minneapolis Miracle ", American football player Stefon Diggs caught a 61-yard (56 m) touchdown pass that secured the Minnesota Vikings ...
The Bicentennial Minute achieved a high cultural profile during its run and was widely referenced and parodied. For example, in the All in the Family episode "Mike's Move" (originally broadcast on February 2, 1976), the character Mike Stivic responded to a typical monologue by his father-in-law Archie Bunker about the history of American immigration and the meaning of the Statue of Liberty ...
But on Jan. 16, 1990, 35 years ago, an Alaska town was clobbered by a series of snowstorms impressive even by local standards. Valdez, Alaska, picked up almost two feet of snow (47.5 inches) in ...
100 years ago A Carnegie Hero Medal was awarded to Porter C. Gish for his actions May 26, 1921, at the Southland Coal Co.’s No. 3 mine in the East End, according to The Gleaner of Jan. 24 and 25 ...
The Hagersville tire fire was a major news event in North America as it was occurring, and its legacy was invoked by several actors working to reform tire dumps in the province. Towards the end of the fire, major media outlets like the New York Times , the Globe and Mail , and ABC News were reporting on events in Hagersville. [ 2 ]
OPINION: On Sept. 8, 1998, the debut album from vaunted lyricist Canibus dropped and changed the conversation around the trajectory The post 25 years ago today, ‘Can-I-Bus’ changed the Canibus ...
On that night, Federal Express delivers 186 packages to 25 U.S. cities from Rochester, New York, to Miami, Florida. For the first time, the Army Corps of Engineers opens the Morganza Spillway near Baton Rouge to relieve record flooding along the lower Mississippi River. April 26 – The first day of trading on the Chicago Board Options Exchange.