Academic Conference
Transcript: My Education Journey 1958 - Baltimore, MD. 1958 - Baltimore, Maryland Legacy History -In June of 1958 NASA was created by President Eisenhower signs the National Aeronautics and Space Act into law -Cuban revolutionaries- --- - On September 3, 1958, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. attempted to attend a hearing for fellow civil rights activist Ralph David Abernathy at the Montgomery, Alabama, courthouse, when he was violently arrested. The picture captured of arrest sparked national outrage. -On Sept. 15, 1958, a commuter train left Bay Head at 8:27 a.m., carrying dozens of people to a routine day of work in New York. It never made it, instead plowing through three stop signals and plunging off a partially open drawbridge into Newark Bay, killing 48 people aboard. Among the dead were three crew members and 45 passengers, including former Yankees second baseman George (Snuffy) Stirnweiss and then-Shrewsbury Mayor John Hawkins. - With the nation on the brink of a sweeping and active reckoning my grandfather began his first year as a history teacher, 2 years before JFK was elected president. . Legacy Legacy -A history teacher and coach for 39 years at Gilman school and orginially all white boys school located in Baltimore, MD -My Grandfather was the first to diversify Gilman hoping ot make it look more like the city it was located in, a huge step for the time (1960s) -People have often described him as tough and having high standards for his students an players but above all he cared about everyone he came across -He also worked as Senetor Sarbanes' cheif of staff so being politically active was not a choice but instead deeply ingrained in him and the way he taught -He instilled this civic duty to my mom and then to us teaching us to continue working towards a more perfect union 1987 - NYC, NY World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted 1987 - NYC, New York History History -In the Persian Gulf, a view of the guided missile frigate USS Stark listing to port after being hit by two Iraqi Exocet missiles within 30 seconds. 37 sailors were killed. Though exact details remain unclear, the Iraqi government at the time stated that the attack was in error, that the Iraqi pilot had thought the Stark was an Iranian tanker, and officially apologized to the United States. The incident took place two miles outside an exclusion zone enforced during the Iran-Iraq war. -Michael S. Swavley, vice president of marketing for Compaq Computer Corporation, introduces the new Compaq Portable III at the Mark Hellinger Theater in New York, on February 18, 1987. The Compaq Portable III, starting with a weight of 18 pounds, provides the power and function of a high performance desktop computer in a small, self-contained unit that is easy to carry -After the 'Black Monday" stock market crash of 1987, passengers on board the F train in New York read about it in newspapers. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by nearly 23% in a single day, on October 19, 1987. By the end of the month, global markets had lost between 20% and 45% of their value, but gradually recovered over the next few years. -Lieutenant-Colonel Oliver North, former aide to former National Security Adviser John Poindexter, is sworn in on July 7, 1987, before the House and Senate Foreign Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, District of Columbia, on arms sales to Iran and diversion of profits to Nicaraguan Contra rebels. North testified under limited immunity. The "Irangate" saga erupted 30 November 1986 into a new crisis for the US President Reagan administration with the resignation of Admiral John Poindexter as the President's National Security Advisor and the dismissal of North, a member of the National Security Council Staff. "Ollie" North, a much-decorated Marine officer, known to White House cynics as the President's "Swashbuckler in Chief", was linked to the transfer of some $30 million profit from the Iran weapons sales to Contra rebels fighting the left-wing Sandinista government in Nicaragua. Legacy 2021 - Auburn, MA Timeline History -Joe Biden becomes the --- president and his vice president Kamala Harris becomes the first owman and perosn of color to hold the office of Vice President - A coup was staged on the United States capitol as Trump supporters tried to overthrow the election - Chauvin trial