🌟 Editor's Note
Good morning — it’s Tuesday, March 24. Today, we’re jumping into some intense moments from the early Cold War, germ theory, checking out Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Godfather’s debut, Halle Berry's groundbreaking achievement, and much more — all quick and to the point!
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🚀 Time Machine
-1603
James VI, the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, becomes King James I of England, uniting the English and Scottish crowns after Elizabeth I.
-1882
German scientist Robert Koch discovered the tubercle bacillus that causes tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) and established germ theory.
-1939
"Wuthering Heights," based on Emily Brontë's novel and directed by William Wyler, premieres in Los Angeles.
-1946
The Soviet Union announces it's withdrawing its troops from Iran within six weeks, ending the tense situation of the early Cold War.
-1955
Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opens in New York just before his 44th birthday and wins him his second Pulitzer Prize.
-1958
Elvis Presley is inducted into the U.S. Army, going from the King of Rock and Roll to a buck private.
-1972
The Godfather, a three-hour film about the Corleone crime family led by Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando), was released nationwide.
-1976
Argentine President Isabel Martínez de Perón was deposed in a military coup led by Jorge Rafael Videla.
-1987
ACT UP holds its first demonstration on Wall Street, targeting pharmaceutical companies profiting from the AIDS pandemic.
-1999
NATO bombards Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War, its first attack on a sovereign country.
-2002
Halle Berry becomes the first African-American woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress in Monster's Ball.
-2020
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been postponed to 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
📸 Snapshot
Disneyland opens its doors for the first time in Anaheim, California, 1955
🗨️ Last Words
“What did I do to you?”