1915The Birth of a Nation, a silent movie epic about the civil war premieres in Los Angeles. D.W. Griffith’s work breaks ground in early film making but remains controversial due to its racist scenes.

1968A civil rights protest turns deadly in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Three college students protesting a whites-only bowling alley are killed in the confrontation with highway patrolmen.

1910The Boy Scouts of America, the nation’s largest youth organization is incorporated.

And 1931You are tearing me apart.

Actor James Dean, a silver screen symbol of rebellious youth, is born in Marion, Indiana.

Today in History, February 8th, Tim Maguire, the Associated Press.