1980 U.S.A. New Rules Re Sexual Harassment

On March 27, 1977, two Boeing 747 jumbo jets collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, Canary Islands, killing 583 people in the deadliest accident in aviation history. The disaster resulted from a chain of circumstances and miscommunications. A terrorist bomb at Las Palmas airport had diverted numerous aircraft to the smaller…

On the morning of December 17, 1903, near the small town of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, two bicycle mechanics from Dayton, Ohio achieved what humanity had dreamed of for millennia: sustained, controlled, heavier-than-air powered flight. Orville and Wilbur Wright’s successful flights that day would forever change human transportation and warfare, ushering in the age of…

On November 8, 1895, German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen made one of the most important accidental discoveries in science. While experimenting with cathode rays, Rontgen noticed a mysterious glow emanating from a fluorescent screen. He had discovered X-rays. Rontgen spent weeks in his laboratory investigating these mysterious rays. He found they could pass through most…

On May 27, 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge opened to pedestrian traffic, marking the completion of what was then the longest and tallest suspension bridge in the world. Spanning the treacherous strait connecting San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean, the bridge was a triumph of engineering that many had deemed impossible. Its distinctive International…

On July 26, 1956, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser stunned the world by announcing the nationalization of the Suez Canal, triggering an international crisis that would reshape the balance of power in the Middle East and mark the definitive end of European colonial dominance in the region. The Suez Canal, stretching 120 miles across Egyptian…