Some states, like Alaska, have only 1 district for the whole state. Others, like California, have several. There are also 2 special federal trial courts that hear certain kinds of cases from anywhere in the country: 1  The Court of International Trade hears cases about international trade and customs issues.
Bismarck Battleship - German Navy WW2. Battleship Bismarck, a 41,673-ton battleship, was built at Hamburg, Germany. First of a class of two heavy ships, with Tirpitz being the second, she was commissioned in August 1940 and spent the rest of that year running trials and continuing her outfitting.
Hindenburg explodes in New Jersey. On this day in 1937, the German airship Hindenburg, the largest dirigible ever built, explodes as it arrives in Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people died in the fiery accident that has since become iconic, in part because of the live radio broadcast of the disaster. The dirigible was built to...