Oh What A Year!
August 26, Mayor Richard Daley opens the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. While the convention moves haltingly toward nominating Hubert Humphrey for president, the city’s police attempt to enforce an 11 o’clock curfew. On that Monday night demonstrations are widespread, but generally peaceful. The next two days, however, bring increasing tension and violence to the situation.
October 20, Jacqueline Kennedy is married to Aristotle Onassis, a Greek shipping magnate on the…
Jim Delligatti, an early McDonald’s franchise owner, invented the Big Mac in 1967. The Big Mac…
Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist…
