 More than 150 B-17 and 112 B-24 bombers attacked Rome for the first time. 1974, the House Judiciary Committee recommended the U.S. President Richard Nixon should stand trial in the Senate for any of the five impeachment charges against him. And on this date in 1984, Geraldine Ferraro was nominated by the Democratic Party to become the first woman from a major political party to run for the office of U.S. Vice President.