Historic Places and Landmarks
Where it happened: the bridges, cities, buildings and landscapes that became the setting for history.
1965
1965 · Art & Literature
The Gateway Arch Receives Its Final Section
October 28, 19651963
1963 · Space
Arecibo Observatory Opens Its Giant Dish in a Puerto Rican Sinkhole
November 1, 19631959
1959 · Art & Literature
The Guggenheim Opens Its Spiral to the Public
October 21, 19591956
1956 · War & Conflict
The Suez War Begins With an Israeli Attack in Sinai
October 29, 19561955
1955 · History
Lux Radio Theatre broadcasts its final episode
June 7, 19551950
1950 · War & Conflict
British troops suffer a friendly-fire strike on Hill 282
September 23, 19501948
1948 · Politics
UN mediator Folke Bernadotte is assassinated in Jerusalem
September 17, 19481948
1948 · Politics
American diplomat Thomas Wasson dies after a shooting in Jerusalem
May 23, 19481948
1948 · Politics
Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated in New Delhi
January 30, 19481946
1946 · Politics
Soviet troops leave the Danish island of Bornholm
April 5, 19461945
1945 · War & Conflict
The USS Bismarck Sea sinks off Iwo Jima
February 21, 19451943
1943 · War & Conflict