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One Month in Your Life: October 1973

J.A. Bartlett October 15, 2008 8

Normally, this feature examines a single day. This time, we’ll look at several days from one extraordinary month—October 1973, when Egypt and Israel brought the world to the brink of war, Richard Nixon went

One Day in Your Life: August 20, 1969

J.A. Bartlett August 20, 2008 1

August 20, 1969, was a Wednesday. Hurricane Camille continues to drop rain on the Eastern Seaboard; Nelson County, Virginia, records between 27 and 30 inches, causing the worst flash flooding in the state’s history.

One Day in Your Life: July 16, 1971

J.A. Bartlett July 16, 2008 1

July 16, 1971, is a Friday. Life magazine reports on the three Soviet Soyuz 11 cosmonauts who died during re-entry on June 29; consumer advocate Bess Myerson is on the cover. Preparations continue for

One Day in Your Life: May 21, 1985

J.A. Bartlett May 21, 2008 2

(Author’s note: Jason’s Chart Attack! from last week is the inspiration for this post. While we were listening to all that stuff, all this stuff was happening.) May 21, 1985, was a Tuesday. By

One Day in Your Life: April 16, 1981

J.A. Bartlett April 16, 2008 4

April 16, 1981, was a Thursday. The nation’s front pagesÂ detail the story of Washington Post reporter Janet Cooke, who admitted yesterday that her Pulitzer Prize-winning series featuring an eight-year-old heroin addict was fiction. President

One Day in Your Life: March 19, 1976

J.A. Bartlett March 19, 2008 6

March 19, 1976, is a Friday. Newspaper readers learn that Democratic Senator Frank Church of Idaho entered the presidential race yesterday, even though the race is well underway already. Also yesterday, Paul McCartney’s father,

One Day in Your Life: February 20, 1980

J.A. Bartlett February 20, 2008 4

February 20, 1980, is a Wednesday. At 12:01AM Eastern time, a deadline passes for the Soviets to withdraw from Afghanistan, which they had invaded the previous December. They do not. Thus, the United States