| (1831) Nat Turner leads a violent revolt against slavery
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Acting on visions from God, Virginia plantation slave Nat Turner and seven supporters begin an armed insurrection that will last two days, rally at least 70 more recruits to the cause, result in the reported deaths of 60 whites, and end in Turner’s capture and hanging.. |
| (1883) Out of tragedy rises a center of healing
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| A humid summer day turns tragic as an F5 tornado bears down on Rochester, Minnesota. After caring for casualties in an area with no hospital, Dr. William Mayo and his sons will be inspired to team with local nuns and open a medical facility that evolves into the world-renowned Mayo Clinic. . |
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| (1911) Lady with the mysterious smile taken from the Louvre
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Vincenzo Peruggia, an employee at Paris’ Louvre museum, hides in the broom closet until the museum closes, then leaves the premises with Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Mona Lisa’ tucked under his large coat. He’ll keep the priceless masterpiece in a trunk in his apartment for two years before being captured.. |
| (1968) The USSR puts a chokehold on Czechoslovakia
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| Hopes for a freer society are brutally quashed as Warsaw Pact tanks and hundreds of thousands of troops thunder through the street of Prague, Czechoslovakia. Democratic reforms that began seven months earlier as the ‘Prague Spring’ are now crushed in the iron grip of Soviet domination. . |
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