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Defend America on Monday, August 03, 2009 8:42:30 PM
1923 - Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as the 30th president of the
U.S. after the sudden death of President Harding.
August 3, 1948
Chambers accuses Hiss of being a communist spy
In
hearings before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC),
Whittaker Chambers accuses former State Department official Alger Hiss
of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union. The accusation set
into motion a series of events that eventually resulted in the trial
and conviction of Hiss for perjury.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2748
1988 - The Iran-Contra hearings ended. No ties were made between
U.S.
President Reagan and the Nicaraguan Rebels.
1992 - The
U.S. Senate voted to restrict and eventually end the
testing of nuclear weapons.
2004 - In New York, the Statue of Liberty re-opened to the public. The
site had been closed since the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on
September 11, 2001.