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    • Today in History: November 3, Iran-Contra affair is revealed

      Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years ago

      On Nov. 3, 1986, the Iran-Contra affair came to light as Ash-Shiraa, a pro-Syrian Lebanese magazine, first broke the story of U.S. arms sales to Iran. In 1908, Republican William Howard Taft ...

    • Today in History: August 9, atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki

      Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years ago

      On Aug. 9, 1974, Vice President Gerald R. Ford became the nation’s 38th chief executive as President Richard Nixon’s resignation took effect. In 1854, Henry David Thoreau’s “Walden,” which described ...