225-221: The Whole World Is Watching

Featured moments:

225: Oil tanker Exxon Valdez spills roughly 240k barrels of oil after running aground in Alaska’s Prince William Sound ft. Climate journalist and author, Charles Wohlforth

 

224: A bomb explodes at Northwestern University injuring a security guard. This would be the first Unabomber attack by Ted Kaczynski

 

223: The Democratic National Convention in Chicago turns violent as police clash with anti-war protesters

 

222: Congressman Preston Brooks beats Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in a Senate hallway after Senator Sumner makes an anti-slavery speech ft. FOX News Chief Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram

 

221: Internet bookstore Amazon is founded by Jeff Bezos

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