On May 23, 2013, an alarming incident jolted the United States into a renewed focus on infrastructure safety. The freeway bridge carrying the heavily trafficked Interstate 5 over the Skagit River in Mount Vernon, Washington, suddenly collapsed. The Skagit River Bridge, a vital artery connecting Canada and the U.S., was…

The Lewinsky scandal, a political storm in the late 1990s, saw the intersection of U.S. President Bill Clinton’s private actions and public duties, prompting heated debates about privacy, immunity, and the rule of law. A pivotal moment in this controversy came on May 22, 1998, when a U.S. federal judge…

In a dark chapter of Alabama’s civil rights history, Governor John Malcolm Patterson declared martial law on May 21st, 1961 under pressure from President John F. Kennedy to stop a mob of white rioters who were attacking a Montgomery church service honoring the Freedom Riders, a group of civil rights…

On a fateful day in 2013, the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore became the epicenter of one of the most destructive tornadoes in American history. The EF5 tornado, the highest rating on the Enhanced Fujita scale, wreaked unprecedented havoc, killing 24 people, injuring 377 others, and leaving a trail of…

On May 19, 1962, a memorable event in American pop culture history occurred at Madison Square Garden in New York City. A grand birthday salute to President John F. Kennedy took place, featuring an iconic performance by Marilyn Monroe that would forever be etched in public memory. Among the glittering…