This Day in History ClassVesuvius Destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum / Tuskegee Syphilis Study investigation announced - August 24
Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii, Herculaneum and surrounding communities in a volcanic eruption on this day in the year 79. / On this day in 1972, Merlin DuVal, an assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, announced that the Tuskegee Syphilis Study would be investigated.
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