250 Most Impactful Moments in American History

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210: 46 year old George Floyd is killed by police during an arrest in Minneapolis, MN - the bystander video sparks nationwide outrage resulting in the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement resulting in social justice protests, but also riots, looting and deaths

 

209: January 6th: Supporters of President Trump storm Capitol Hill while Congress was attempting to certify the 2020 Presidential Election. Congress would evacuate and reconvene later that night to certify the results. President Trump would concede the election the next day but would be impeached by the House of Representatives and later acquitted by the Senate.

 

208: The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions establish an eight hour workday

 

207: Microsoft Co. releases its first version of Windows ft. FOX Business Host Stuart Varney

206: Pan Am flight 103 explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland it is later determined to be a terror attack linked to Libya ft. Dick Marquise, Retired FBI Special Agent and Lead Investigator of Pan Am Flight 103
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235: The Coors Brewing Company begins producing beer in Golden, CO. Three years later Anheuser-Busch brewery in St. Louis, MO markets their pale lager for the first time.

 

234: President Trump becomes the first sitting US president to set foot on North Korean soil during a meeting at the DMZ

 

233: Former Beatle John Lennon is murdered in front of his New York City apartment by Mark David Chapman

 

232: African American track star Jesse Owens wins four gold medals in front of Adolf Hitler at the Berlin Summer Olympics ft. Dr. Kevin Jones, Dean of the School of Education at Cedarville University and co-author of Jesse Owens: A Life In American History

 

231: Financier Bernie Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud. It is revealed to be the largest Ponzi scheme in history ft. FOX Business Anchor David Asman
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220: FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested and charged with spying for Russia ft. Eric O'Neill, lawyer, cybersecurity expert, former FBI counter-terrorism and counter-intelligence operative

 

219: US National Hockey Team defeats the Soviet Union in the "Miracle on Ice". Americans would go on to win Gold in the event ft. Mike Eurzione, former Captain of the USA Olympic Hockey Team, Director of Special Outreach for Boston University Athletics

 

218: Nat Turner sentenced to death for his role in inciting a slave uprising

 

217: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake destroys the majority of the city killing over 3,000 and causing over $350M in damages

 

216: Enron the largest bankruptcy in US history takes place after the energy company files for Chapter 11
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225: Oil tanker Exxon Valdez spills roughly 240k barrels of oil after running aground in Alaska's Prince William Sound ft. Climate journalist and author, Charles Wohlforth

 

224: A bomb explodes at Northwestern University injuring a security guard. This would be the first Unabomber attack by Ted Kaczynski

 

223: The Democratic National Convention in Chicago turns violent as police clash with anti-war protesters

 

222: Congressman Preston Brooks beats Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in a Senate hallway after Senator Sumner makes an anti-slavery speech ft. FOX News Chief Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram

 

221: Internet bookstore Amazon is founded by Jeff Bezos
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230: Against protests in the South, President Theodore Roosevelt invites Booker T. Washington to the White House ft. Brian Kilmeade, Co-host of Fox & Friends, Host of The Brian Kilmeade Show, Author of Teddy and Booker T.

 

229: Western Union is founded

 

228: Activist Malcolm X is assassinated in New York by members of the Nation of Islam

 

227: Two deadly explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon Ed Davis, former Police Commissioner of the Boston Police Department and CEO of the Edward Davis Company

 

226: The Woodstock music festival takes place over three days in upstate New York
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