|Rogers and Post before fatal flight| 1935:Aviator Wiley Post
and humorist Will Rogers are killed when their Lockheed Orion
monoplane crashes shortly after takeoff from a lagoon in Point
Barrow, Alaska. 1947: India and Pakistan become independent
dominions within the British Commonwealth as the Indian
Independence Bill goes into effect, ending over 200 years under
the British Raj. At the stroke of midnight, Jawaharlal Nehru
addresses the fledgling Indian nation as its first prime
minister. 1969: Nearly 500,000 people arrive at Max Yasgur's
dairy farm in upstate New York for the definitive cultural event
of a generation — the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. Thirty-two
folk and rock music acts, including The Who, Janis Joplin, Jimi
Hendrix, Arlo Guthrie and Creedence Clearwater Revival, would
perform over the next three days at the counterculture festival.
1960:The republic of Congo declares independence from France
1939:Wizard of Oz premieres at the famous Grauman's Chinese
Theater in Hollywood. 1519:Spanish con