by Matilda Cruz | Aug 3, 2024 | History
“A Hard Day’s Night” reached the top of the charts in the U.S. five years after its debut on August 3, 1964. This day marked the last time a Beatles single would hold the number one spot while the band was still together. It wasn’t just another chart-topping moment;...
by Matilda Cruz | Aug 2, 2024 | History
At dawn on August 2, 1990, the tanks of Saddam Hussein’s army rolled into Kuwait. Within 48 hours, the tiny Gulf nation had fallen. The world would never be the same. Iraq’s dictator, Saddam Hussein, claimed that Kuwait was stealing oil by slant drilling...
by Matilda Cruz | Aug 1, 2024 | History
On August 1, 1971, a significant event in music and humanitarianism took place at Madison Square Garden: the Concert for Bangladesh. Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar reached out to his friend George Harrison because he was deeply concerned about the humanitarian...
by Matilda Cruz | Jul 31, 2024 | History
On July 31, 1875, former President Andrew Johnson passed away at the age of 66. After a long and intensely hot horseback ride to visit his daughter in Elizabethton, Tennessee, he suffered a massive stroke and did not recover. He was buried in his hometown of...
by Matilda Cruz | Jul 30, 2024 | History
Following World War II, the world experienced a period marked by significant political tensions and unrest, particularly between the two major Allied powers: the United States and the Soviet Union. These two nations had deep ideological differences that influenced how...
