1980s
August 11, 1981
August 11th 1981: the PATCO strike grinds on, Solidarity presses Poland, Cesar Chavez's farm workers face arrest, and Reagan backs the neutron weapon.
Douglas Novielli
1960s
October 22, 1964
October 22nd 1964: New York mourns Herbert Hoover, doctors tout a cure for newborns that wasn't, and the Johnson–Goldwater race enters its final days
1970s
April 23, 1972
A Sunday in 1972: Apollo 16 astronauts hike the moon, Methodists vote to oppose the Vietnam war effort, West Virginia ratifies the ERA, and Americans are afraid to walk home at night — for once, justifiably.