TODAY IN HISTORY

1876

Colorado was admitted as the 38th state.

1907

The U.S. Army Signal Corps established an aeronautical division, the forerunner of the U.S. Air Force.

1936

The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.

1944

An uprising broke out in Warsaw, Poland, against Nazi occupation; the revolt lasted two months before collapsing.

1966

Charles Joseph Whitman, 25, went on an armed rampage at the University of Texas in Austin that killed 14people, most of whom were shot by Whitman while he was perched in the clock tower of the main campus building.

2014

A medical examiner ruled that a New York City police officer’s chokehold caused the death of Eric Garner, whose videotaped arrest and final pleas of “I can’t breathe!” had sparked outrage.