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July 25, 2007
This Day in History: July 25th
The following information can be found at: History.com - This Day in History
1832: The first railroad accidentThe first recorded railroad accident in U.S. history occurs when four people are thrown off a vacant car on the Granite Railway near Quincy, Massachusetts. The victims had been invited to view the process of transporting large and weighty loads of stone when a cable on a vacant car snapped on the return trip, throwing them off the train and over a 34-foot cliff. One man was killed and the others were seriously injured. Read the complete article.
Cite this article:
The first railroad accident. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 07:18, Jul 25, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5205.
1904: Workers hit the picket line in Fall River
Children working in the spinning room in Fall River, Mass., 1912Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries the booming textile mills in Fall River, Mass., were lightning rods for labor action. Mill managers and textile honchos, who had first descended upon Fall River in 1811, pushed their largely female work force to toil for long hours in abysmal conditions. By 1871, Fall River had become one of the textile capitals of the United States and many of the mill owners had raked in hefty profits. Read the complete article.
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Workers hit the picket line in Fall River. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 07:44, Jul 25, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5937.
Read about the social conditions in Fall River:
Author: Cumbler, John T.
Title: Working-class community in industrial America : work, leisure, and struggle in two industrial cities, 1880-1930 / John T. Cumbler.
Call Number: HD8085.L963 C85
1969: Nixon announces new doctrine
President Richard Nixon, at a briefing in Guam for the news media accompanying him on his trip to Asia, discusses at length the future role the United States should play in Asia and the Pacific region after the conclusion of the Vietnam War. Nixon said that while the United States would continue to have primary responsibility for the defense of its allies against nuclear attack, the noncommunist Asian nations would have to bear the burden of their own defense against conventional attack and assume responsibility for internal security. The president's remarks were nicknamed the "Nixon Doctrine."
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Nixon announces new doctrine. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 07:56, Jul 25, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=1987.
Read about the Nixon Doctrine:
Author: Laird, Melvin R.
Title: The Nixon doctrine; [proceedings, by Melvin R. Laird [and others].
Call Number: E855 .N477
2000: Concorde jet crashes
An Air France Concorde jet crashes upon takeoff in Paris on this day in 2000, killing everyone onboard as well as four people on the ground. The Concorde, the world’s fastest commercial jet, had enjoyed an exemplary safety record up to that point, with no crashes in the plane’s 31-year history. Read the complete article.
Cite this article:
Concorde jet crashes. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 08:05, Jul 25, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=856.
Posted by d-nadler at July 25, 2007 06:11 PM