1915“The 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 filmmaking, but remains controversial due to its racist themes.

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

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

And 1931‘You’re 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.