CAMILLE BOHANNON

During the U.S. Civil War, the first day’s fighting at Gettysburg
began on this day in 1863.

The first peacetime detonation of a nuclear bomb happened on
Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean on this day in 1946.

During the Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt and his
"Rough Riders" waged a victorious assault on San Juan Hill in
Cuba on this day in 1898.

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919)

Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances Spencer) 
(July 1, 1961 – August 31, 1997)

The sovereignty over Hong Kong was transferred from Great Britain
to China on this day in 1997. Britain had controlled Hong Kong as a colony for 156 years.

It was on this day in 2004.