1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense 13-day standoff in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over the installation of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the U.S. coast. The crisis is considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war. It began when American spy planes discovered the missiles, leading to a U.S. naval blockade of Cuba and intense negotiations. The crisis ended when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba and secretly agreeing to remove American missiles from Turkey.

1963 - I Have a Dream Speech - Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963.

June 17, 1972 – August 9, 1974 - Watergate Scandal began with the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., in 1972. Members of President Richard Nixon's administration attempted to cover up their involvement. The scandal led to the discovery of multiple abuses of power by the Nixon administration, the resignation of President Nixon in 1974, and the indictment of several administration officials.
1973 - January 22 - Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 and Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179: The U.S. Supreme Court declares that the Constitution protects women’s right to terminate an early pregnancy, thus making abortion legal in the U.S.

1973 - March 29 - The last United States soldier leaves Vietnam

The cell phone was invented by Martin Cooper of Motorola. On April 3, 1973, he made the first handheld mobile phone call with the Motorola DynaTAC. This device weighed 2.5 pounds and was 10 inches long, offering 30 minutes of talk time and requiring 10 hours to charge. The first commercial cell phone was released in 1983, revolutionizing communication and leading to the modern smartphones we use today.

1981 - June 5 - First reported case of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
1986 - January 28 - Space Shuttle Challenger accident - The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when the shuttle broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members.

1989 - The World Wide Web is invented at CERN (Tim Berners-Lee, UK)
2001 - September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Coordinated terrorist attacks by the extremist group al-Qaeda on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, leading to significant changes in U.S. domestic and foreign policy, including the War on Terror.
Obituary
Worcester/ Webster....Robert P. Moore, 59, died Saturday, November 5, 2011, at Harrington Memorial Hospital Southbridge. He is survived by a daughter Sara-Beth Hart and her husband Chad of Woodstock, CT, his father Robert W. Moore of Webster, 3 brothers Garrett Moore and his wife Bonnie of Clifton, VA, James Moore and his wife Mary of Douglas, MA, Jonathan Moore of Southbridge, and 2 sisters Melissa Morneau of Southbridge, and Kristina Fleming of Southbridge, 2 grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
Robert was born in Webster, son the late Mary A. (Johnson) Moore and lived in Webster and Worcester. He graduated in 1970 from Bartlett High School in Webster, and UMass/ Dartmouth. He was employed at Christopher Heights in Worcester. He enjoyed gardening, bird-watching, and was an accomplished cook, and he enjoyed spending time with his family.
The funeral Mass will be Saturday, November 12, 2011, at Saint Louis Church Lake Street Webster at 10AM. Burial will be private. There
Death — 20115 November 2011
Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
He died at the age of 59.
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