The American research ship was attacked by Israeli forces from both the sky and sea. But why the disaster occurred in the first place remains to be understood.Wikimedia CommonsAssistance hovers over the damaged USS Liberty after the attack.
It was June 8, 1967, when the U.S. Navy research ship USS Liberty was attacked by the Israeli Air Force and Navy. The unforeseen carnage resulted in some 200 deaths and injuries to American sailors. Read More...
What happened on this day in history: American frontiersman Daniel Boone is born in 1734, 52-year-old serial killer Velma Barfield is executed by lethal injection in 1984, and more important events on November 2.1734: Daniel Boone Is Born Wikimedia CommonsThe only known portrait of Daniel Boone that was painted during his lifetime, which was done Chester Harding in 1820.
Legendary American pioneer and folk hero Daniel Boone is born to a Quaker family in what is now Pennsylvania. Read More...
This Pew report reveals the fastest growing religion in the world. The answer will likely surprise and, sadly, terrify many in the U.S.Muslims pray during the “Islam on Capitol Hill 2009” event — meant to promote the diversity of Islam in America — at the U.S. Capitol on September 25, 2009.
On April 18, anti-Islam protestors will rally outside the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta and march on to CNN headquarters, shredding images of President Obama, Hillary Clinton, and the Prophet Muhammad along the way. Read More...
