| (1821) An icon of Americana publishes its first Post
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A new weekly paper is published using Benjamin Franklin’s printing presses, and its four pages of news and a few ads will grow to become The Saturday Evening Post, a defining magazine of American life featuring great writers and iconic illustrators, most memorably Norman Rockwell.. |
| (1914) World powers take sides as the guns of August loom
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| A global conflagration flares higher as the United Kingdom joins France, Russia, Belgium, and other European powers in either mobilizing armies or declaring war on an aggressive Germany, whose support of Austria-Hungary advances what will be a war of immense destruction.. |
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| (1936) Triumph for Owens at Hitler’s Olympics
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Adolf Hitler is not pleased as US track-and-field star Jesse Owens, an African American, continues to rack up wins at the Summer Olympics held in Hitler’s Germany. But the Berlin stadium crowds cheer Owens’ long jump win and the show of camaraderie with his competitor, Germany’s Luz Long.. |
| (1958) Hot tunes get their definitive US ranking
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| Ricky Nelson’s ‘Poor Little Fool’ takes the top spot on a new Billboard Magazine countdown of America’s most popular songs. The Billboard Hot 100 rankings are based on a combination of in-store singles record sales, radio DJ airplay, and jukebox purchases. . |
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