250 Most Impactful Moments in American History

160: Black Monday - DJIA falls 508 points - 22.6%, its largest single day percentage drop in history 159: The Land Act of 1820 lowers prices in the Missouri and Northwest territories with the goal of encouraging western movement ft. Director of The Papers of Andrew Jackson, Professor Emeritus of History, & Author of The Public Lands in Jacksonian Politics, Dr. Daniel Feller. 158: Members of a cult following Charles Manson murder actress Sharon Tate and four others in Los Angeles, CA. The next day they would kill businessman Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary. ft. Clinical and Forensic Psychologist, Licensed Private Investigator, and True Crime Author, Dr. Joni Johnston. 157: A bomb explodes in the World Trade Center killing seven. The attack was planned by a small terror cell including Sheik Abdel Rahman and Ramzi Yousef. Yousef would later be captured in Pakistan and found guilty in a NY court. 156: The Gold Standard Act is ratified, putting American currency on the gold standard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

170: Al Qaeda suicide bombers crash a small craft into the USS Cole killing 17 sailors ft. Former USS Cole Commander Kirk Lippold 169: The last draft lottery for the US military is held 168: Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization - a process to strengthen rubber 167: In a crime that outraged the nation, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb murder 14 year old Bobby Franks ft Professor of History & Political Science at John Jay College & author of For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz Age Chicago, Simon Baatz 166: The Supreme Court rules that Africans aboard the ship Amistad were taken into slavery illegally Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

180: President Eisenhower in his farewell address warns against the power of a "military industrial complex" ft. Founding Director of the Eisenhower Institute and Author of How Ike Led, Susan Eisenhower 179: The Donner Party becomes snowbound 178: Riots break out in Los Angeles following the not guilty verdict in the Rodney King case. 63 people were killed 12k people arrested and $1B worth of damage. ft. Former Attorney General and Founding Partner at Torridon Law PLLC, Bill Barr 177: President Truman implements the Truman Doctrine, pledging US support to democracies against authoritarianism. 176: Sandra Day O'Connor is confirmed as the first female justice of the Supreme Court Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

190: Apple CEO Steve Jobs announces the first iPhone ft. former Senior Vice President of Apple Computer, & author of best-selling books The Steve Jobs Way, & Leading Apple with Steve Jobs, Jay Elliot 189: Simultaneous bombings at US Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania kill 224 and injure 4,500. The bombings are attributed to the al Qaeda terror network led by Osama bin Laden 188: Pharmacist Dr. John Stith Pemberton invents and begins advertising a beverage that will be known as Coca-Cola 187: The Freedom Riders begin bus rides into the South to test the 1960 Boynton decision, a bus is later firebombed and another has all riders arrested for disturbing the peace ft. Author and Photographer of Breach of Peace: Portraits of the 1961 Mississippi Freedom Riders, Eric Etheridge 186: A fire breaks out in the Apollo 1 spacecraft during a launch pad test killing astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Featured Moments: 200: Entrepreneur Ray Kroc opens his first McDonald's in Des Plaines, Illinois, ft. biographer and author of Ray & Joan: The Man Who Made the McDonald's Fortune and the Woman Who Gave it all Away, Lisa Napoli 199: An American U2 spy plane is shot down over the Soviet Union. Pilot Gary Powers successfully ejects and is captured. 198: Hurricane Katrina slams into the Gulf Coast states, killing more than 1,500 and causing $108B in damage ft. distinguished scholar, Tulane University Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, John M. Barry 197: Edison's kinetoscope premiered at his New Jersey lab. 196: Two high school students open fire on their teachers and classmates at Columbine High School in Littleton, CO in a pre-planned attack, murdering 13. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Featured moments: 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Featured moments: 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Featured moments: 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Featured moments: 240: Iraq War: President Obama announces an end to combat operations as the last combat troops leave Iraq 239: America Online or AOL becomes the world's most dominant online service with over 34 million subscribers ft. Chairman and CEO of Revolution and Co-Founder of AOL, Steve Case 238: Charles Dow publishes the first version of The Dow Jones Industrial Average 237: Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa is reported missing. He is never found ft. FOX News Senior Correspondent and Anchor, Eric Shawn 236: Protests at Kent State University lead to shooting deaths of four students by the Ohio National Guard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Featured moments: 250: Less than a month after his concerning debate with former President Trump, President Biden drops out of the 2024 presidential race and endorses Vice President Kamala Harris ft. Anchor of The Story and Host of The Untold Story podcast, Martha MacCallum 249: The final episode of M*A*S*H becomes the most watched television broadcast in American history 248: The Boston Subway opens becoming the first underground transit system in North America 247: One World Trade Center nicknamed The Freedom Tower rises over downtown Manhattan becoming the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere 246: Air Force pilot Chuck Yeager is the first human to break the sound barrier ft. Curator at the Smithsonian Aeronautics Department, Bob van der Linden Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices