45: Dust storms in the Midwest destroy agriculture and ecology kicking off the start of The Dust Bowl ft. Professor Emeritus of History at Purdue University & author and editor of over 20 books including The Dust Bowl: An Agricultural and Social History, R. Douglas Hurt.
44: The Supreme Court establishes the “separate but equal” doctrine in Plessy v. Ferguson.
43: The Berlin Wall falls. Two years later, in 1991, The Cold War officially ends after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
42: War of 1812 – British forces enter Washington, D.C., burning the White House and the U.S. Capitol building ft. Retired History Professor from Wayne State College, considered the dean of 1812 historians and author of The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict, Dr. Donald R. Hickey.
41: Anarchist Leon Czolgosz assassinates President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
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