Today in History: September 1, first Japanese baseball player makes MLB debut
Pitcher Masanori Murakami of the San Francisco Giants became the first Japanese baseball player to play in a Major League Baseball game.
Pitcher Masanori Murakami of the San Francisco Giants became the first Japanese baseball player to play in a Major League Baseball game.
More storms and flooding are possible at the Grand Canyon following a major flash flood that left a person dead and about 15 others missing.
Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed after the car she was riding in crashed in Paris; her partner Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul (who was found to have been intoxicated at the time of the accident) also died.
The Senate confirmed the appointment of Thurgood Marshall as the first Black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Hurricane Katrina struck the U.S. Gulf Coast in southeast Louisiana, breaching levees and spurring floods that devastated New Orleans.
Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial are set to resume determining whether she was responsible for her actions when she killed her 3 children.
Police and anti-war demonstrators clashed in the streets of Chicago as the Democratic National Convention nominated Hubert H. Humphrey for president.
Amid endless reporting about the need for those who facilitated Epstein’s abuse to be brought to justice, Judge Jed Rakoff said, “There are cases, including very much this one, where that hasn’t just been talk, it’s reality.”
Peter Cullen, the iconic voice actor behind Optimus Prime and Eeyore, has died at 85. His agent announced Cullen died Wednesday at his Los Angeles home.
Barack Obama was nominated for president by the Democratic National Convention in Denver, becoming the first Black presidential nominee from a major political party.