About 20th Century History20th Century HistoryShould Manson Family Killer Be Released- June 18, 2008 On August 9, 1969, Charles Manson sent four members of his cult "Family" to a house on Cielo Drive in Los Angeles to kill those inside. Susan Atkins was one...http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/06/18/should-manson-family-killer-be-released.htm Kent State Shooting Victim Dies- June 16, 2008 On May 4, 1970, National Guardsmen opened fire upon protesting students at Kent State, killing four and wounding nine students. Robert Stamps, one of the nine wounded during the Kent...http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/06/16/kent-state-shooting-victim-dies.htm First Official Monument to Che Guevara in Argentina- June 15, 2008 Revolutionary leader Ernesto "Che" Guevara has become an icon of the 20th century. His image appears on coffee mugs and posters; movies have been made about his life. However, in...http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/06/15/first-official-monument-to-che-guevara-in-argen... London Defuses Large WWII Bomb- June 12, 2008 While dredging a river to prepare an area for construction for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, military engineers discovered a very large, unexploded WWII bomb. The bomb, a 2200...http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/06/12/london-diffuses-large-wwii-bomb.htm RFK Assassination Photos Released- June 11, 2008 The Los Angeles Fire Department recently released photos taken in the minutes following Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 assassination, which took place at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. A fire...http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/06/11/rfk-assassination-photos-released.htm New Database of Holocaust Refugees in China- June 9, 2008 The Israeli and Chinese governments are jointly developing a database that will hopefully contain information about all of the 30,000 Jews who escaped from Nazi persecution in Europe by fleeing to...http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/06/09/new-database-of-holocaust-refugees-in-china.htm Should Lenin's Body Be Buried- June 5, 2008 When Russian revolutionary leader V. I. Lenin died in 1924, his body went through an extensive process of embalming and then was put on display in a mausoleum in the...http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/06/05/should-lenins-body-be-buried.htm A Controversial Wax Hitler- June 4, 2008 In July 2008, a new Madame Tussauds wax museum will be opening in Berlin. The new museum, the eighth Madame Tussauds in the world, will have exhibits on German history,...http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/06/04/a-controversial-wax-hitler.htm Digging for WWII Remains- June 3, 2008 During World War II, the Japanese occupied the two western-most, U.S.-owned Aleutian Islands of Attu and Kiska after their invasion of the islands in June 1942. For nearly eleven months,...http://history1900s.about.com/b/2008/06/03/digging-for-wwii-remains.htm |