1821
Missouri became the 24th state in the Union
Missouri in Sioux means towns of the large canoes
1945
The day after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan announced they would surrender
The only condition was that the status of Emperor Hirohito would remain unchanged
1985
Madonna’s Like A Virgin became the first album by a female to be certified for 5 million sales
1995
Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were indicted, 11 counts each, for bombing the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City
The first three counts of the indictment were for conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction to kill people and destroy federal property
The eight remaining counts were for killing federal law enforcement agents
The April 19, 1995 blast killed 168 people
and then lastly…
2009
Brooks & Dunn announced that they were breaking up in 2010 after 20 years as a duo
Signed to Arista Records in 1991, the duo recorded ten studio albums, one Christmas album and three compilation albums
They also released fifty singles, with 20 become #1 hits, and nineteen more reaching the top ten
-Tyler Jackson
