| (1919) From the ashes of war Germany’s first democracy emerges
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A constitutional assembly in Weimar, Germany, adopts a parliamentary democracy, the first in the country’s history, replacing centuries of imperial rule. The massive chaos and loss caused by German defeat in World War I has led to the Weimar Republic, but Nazi rule is less than 15 years away.. |
| (1929) Baseball’s ‘Bambino’ bats his 500th homer
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| New York Yankee Babe Ruth connects with a Cleveland Indians pitch and ‘The Sultan of Swat’ scores his 500th career home run, making him the first major league baseball player in history to do so. Ruth isn’t finished with the homers yet, as he will rack up 214 more before he retires. . |
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| (1965) South Central Los Angeles engulfed in flames and rioting
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Spurred by poverty, racism, and tension between residents and the city’s police, riots break out in L.A.’s Watts neighborhood. Lasting six days, the worst rioting yet seen in the city’s history will count more than 3,000 people arrested, over 1,000 injured, and 34 dead. . |
| (1973) DJ Kool Herc’s Bronx party kick-starts hip-hop music
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| Clive ‘Kool Herc’ Campbell is throwing a party in the rec room of his South Bronx, New York, apartment building and he plays dance music on the ‘Merry Go Round,’ two manually-controlled turntables. It’s a great success, and DJ Kool Herc will be hailed by many as the father of hip-hop. . |
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