It Happened on this date [Archive] Page 2
08/05/2013· It replaces the "sheaves of wheat" design, and was minted until 2008. 1959 – Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida. 1960 – Côte d''Ivoire becomes independent. 1964 – Vietnam War: the Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving President Lyndon B. Johnson broad war powers to deal with North Vietnamese