1918 Pandemic
Women of the Red Cross make masks during the pandemic of 1918. The Spanish Flu was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic that lasted from 1918 to 1920 and infected about a third of the world's population at the time in four successive waves. The death toll is estimated to be anywhere from 17 million to 100 million, making it one of the deadliest in human history.
June 11, 1963
In an attempt to stop integration at the University of Alabama, Governor of Alabama George Wallace blocks the door of Foster Auditorium while being confronted by U.S. Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach. Until the 1960s, the university only admitted white students.