1934

A severe two-day dust storm stripped the topsoil from the great plains of the U.S. and created a “Dust Bowl.”

The dust storm was 1,500 miles long, 900 miles across and two miles high, covering almost one-third of the country.

350 million tons of silt was carried all the way from the northern Great Plains to the eastern seaboard.

1947

The creation of the tubeless tire was announced by the B.F. Goodrich Company.

1967

The siege of Khe Sanh ended.

For 70 days and nights, 6,000 Marines held out against 20,000 Vietnamese soldiers

1981

Reggae performer Bob Marley died of cancer in Miami at the age of 36.

1997

Garry Kasparov, world chess champion, lost his first ever multi-game match.

He lost to IBM’s chess computer Deep Blue.

It was the first time a computer had beaten a world-champion player.

and then lastly…

2010
Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert became engaged after five years of dating.

Five years later, they’re still going strong!

-Tyler Jackson

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