On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson enacted the National Park Service Organic Act, creating the National Park Service under the U.S. Department of the Interior. This agency was charged with preserving America’s natural and historical treasures, ensuring they remain untouched for the enjoyment of future generations.
Back in 1875, Matthew Webb became the first person to conquer the English Channel, swimming from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in just under 22 hours.
In 1928, an expedition led by Richard E. Byrd embarked from Hoboken, New Jersey, setting sail on an ambitious journey to explore the icy reaches of Antarctica.
Paris, under Nazi occupation for four years during World War II, was liberated by Allied forces in 1944.
In 1948, the House Un-American Activities Committee held its first televised hearing, during which Alger Hiss, accused by Whittaker Chambers of being a communist and engaging in espionage, denied all charges. Hiss was later convicted of perjury and served five years in prison, though he consistently maintained his innocence until his death in 1996.
In 1981, the U.S. spacecraft Voyager 2 made a close approach to Saturn, passing within 63,000 miles of the planet’s cloud cover. The spacecraft sent back groundbreaking images and data about the ringed planet.
Tragedy struck in 2001 when R&B singer Aaliyah and eight others were killed in a plane crash in the Bahamas. Aaliyah was just 22 years old.
Neil Armstrong, the legendary astronaut who commanded the Apollo 11 mission and became the first person to walk on the moon in July 1969, passed away in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 2012 at the age of 82.
In 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall near Corpus Christi, Texas, with winds of 130 mph, becoming the most powerful hurricane to hit the U.S. in over a decade. The storm unleashed nearly 52 inches of rain over five days, the heaviest tropical downpour ever recorded in the continental U.S.
In 2020, during a third night of protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse fatally shot two people and wounded a third with an AR-15-style rifle. Rittenhouse, who claimed he acted in self-defense after being attacked while protecting businesses from protesters, was acquitted of all charges, including homicide.
Finally, in 2022, regulators approved California’s groundbreaking plan requiring all new cars, trucks, and SUVs to run on electricity or hydrogen by 2035.
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