1782 – Washington creates the Purple Heart
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/washington-creates-the-purple-heart
1959 – U.S. satellite photographs earth
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-satellite-photographs-earth
1990 – Bush orders Operation Desert Shield
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bush-orders-operation-desert-shield
1997 – A free concert by Garth Brooks draws the last “six-figure crowd” to New York City’s Central Park
1998 – U.S. embassies in East Africa bombed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-embassies-in-east-africa-bombed
2005 – Trapped Russian sub rescued
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/trapped-russian-sub-rescued
