TIM MAGUIRE

It was on this day in 1963.

On this day in 1986, President Ronald Reagan and Attorney Gen.
Edwin Meese revealed that profits from secret arms sales to Iran
had been diverted to rebels in Nicaragua. The National Security
Advisor John Poindexter resigned and Oliver North was fired.

From left: President Reagan and Attorney Gen. Edwin Meese.

During the Revolutionary War on this day in 1783, the British
evacuated New York. It was their last military position in the 
United States.

A group of fishermen from Florida spotted Elián Gonzales off the
coast of Fort Lauderdale. He was completely alone, floating in an
inner tube. He was rescued on this day in 1999.

The boat that Elian and his mother, and 10 other people had been traveling on to the United States from Cuba had been ripped apart
in the rough seas, and he was one of the only survivors.      

Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe, 1954

Baseball’s Joe Dimaggio was born on this day in 1914.

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On this day in 1963, Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby shot and
killed Lee Harvey Oswald live on national television.

On this day in 1859, Charles Darwin, a British naturalist, published
"On the Origin of Species." It was the paper in which he explained
his theory of evolution through the process of natural selection.

Hijacker Dan Cooper, known as D.B. Cooper, parachuted from a Northwest Airlines 727 over Washington state with $200,000
ransom money on this day in 1971.  

From left: Northwest Airlines First Officer Bill Rataczak, Captain Bill
Scott and Flight attendant Tina Mucklow talk to the media. 

Freddie Mercury of Queen died of AIDS complications at the age
of 45 on this day in 1991.

Farrokh "Freddie" Mercury (Bulsara)

Freedom from Want, March 6, 1943, Norman Rockwell.

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UN War Crimes panel tries Slobodan Melosevic for genocide in
Bosnia.

He suffered disfigurement as a result of the poisoning, but he has
since made made a full physical recovery (below).
 

The first edition of "Life" magazine was hit the newsstands on
this day in 1936. The cover depicted the Fort Peck Dam in
Montana.

Henry Robinson Luce (April 3, 1898 – February 28, 1967)

Luce was a  magazine magnate who was called “the most
influential private citizen in America of his day".

On this day in 1903, Italian operatic tenor Enrico Caruso made
his U.S. debut with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City in "Rigoletto."  He sang to great acclaim at the major opera houses
of Europe and America, appearing in a wide variety of roles from
the Italian and French repertoires that ranged from the lyric to
the dramatic.         
     

Enrico Caruso (February 25, 1873 – August 2, 1921)

Walter Cronkite announces the death of President Kennedy.    
    

Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as President of the United States.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy
(May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963)