SANDY KOZEL
FEEDING TUBE REMOVED ON THIS DAY IN 1990.
Terri Schiavo, the severely brain-damaged woman whose condition sparked an epic legal, medical and political battle
that gripped America, died 13 days after her feeding tube
was removed by the wishes of her husband and the orders
of several courts.
On June 16, 1963, aboard Vostok 6, Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to travel into space. After
48 orbits and 71 hours, she returned to earth, having spent more
time in space than all U.S. astronauts combined to that date.
Before her selection for the Soviet space program, Tereshkova
was a textile factory. She joined the Air Force as part of the
Cosmonaut Corps and was commissioned as an officer after
completing her training.
CAMILLE
BOHANNON
On this day in 1994, the U.S. Figure Skating Association stripped
Tonya Harding of the 1994 national championship and banned her
from the organization for life for an attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan.
Tonya Maxene Price (Harding) will be 49 in November. She was
born in Portland, Oregon.
SANDY KOZEL
On this day in 2005,6th Circuit Judge of Florida George Greer
(above) ordered removal of Terri Schivo’s feeding tube. She
died 13 days later.
