1956 – Fire traps 262 miners
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fire-traps-262-miners
1968 – Nixon and Agnew receive the Republican Party nomination
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-and-agnew-receive-the-republican-party-nomination
1974 – Nixon resigns
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-resigns
1986 – Spike Lee’s first feature, She’s Gotta Have It, premieres
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/spike-lees-first-feature-shes-gotta-have-it-premieres
1988 – Gangsta rap hits the mainstream with the release of N.W.A’s Straight Outta Compton
