MIKE GRACIA
Sir Elton Hercules John (Reginald Kenneth Dwight) is 72.
Rock and roll legend Elton John has sold over 250 million albums in a career
that’s spanned over 50 years. He is best known for such hit songs as "Rocket
Man," "Tiny Dancer," "Bennie and the Jets" and "Candle in the Wind."Elton
began playing the piano at age three and won a junior scholarship to the
Royal Academy of Music.
ROSS SIMPSON
MIKE GRACIA
Martin Luther King Jr. led a group of 25,000 to the state capital in Montgomery, AL. on this day in 1965.
King delivering a speech on the steps of the State Capitol.
In New York City on this day in 1911, 146 women were killed in fire
at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York City. The owners
of the company were indicted on manslaughter charges because
some of the employees had been behind locked doors in the
factory. The owners were later acquitted and in 1914 they were
ordered to pay damages to each of the twenty-three families that
had sued.
On this day in 1997, former U.S. President George H.W. Bush’s 85th
birthday was celebrated by a skydiving adventure at 9500 feet over
Yuma, Arizona.
Aretha Franklin,1960
Aretha Franklin in April 2016.
Singer Aretha Louise Franklin is 76 years young today.
In 2017, Franklin canceled a series of concerts due to health reasons. During
an outdoors Detroit show, Franklin told the audience to "keep me in your
prayers". In July 2017, Franklin reemerged, appearing to lose more weight
before a performance at the Wolf Trap in Virginia.
Sir Elton Hercules John (Reginald Kenneth Dwight) is 71 today.
Rock and roll legend Elton John has sold over 250 million albums in a
career that’s spanned over 50 years. He is best known for such hit songs
as "Rocket Man," "Tiny Dancer," "Bennie and the Jets" and "Candle in
the Wind." He began playing the piano at age three and won a junior
scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music.
ED DANAHUE
On this day in 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his "I Have
a Dream" speech at a civil rights rally in Washington, D.C. where
more than 200,000 people attended.
It was on this day in 1968.
Emmett Till was a 14-year-old African-American who was lynched in Mississippi after offending a white woman in a grocery store on this
day in 1955.
Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955)
A divorce decree was issued for Britain’s Prince Charles
and Princess Diana on this day in 1996. This made the
end of the couples 15-year marriage official.
MIKE GRACIA
On this day in 1911, the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
Former President George H.W. Bush skydiving to celebrate his
72nd birthday on this day in 1997.
State troopers block the steps of the Alabama state capitol at Montgomery, Ala. from civil rights marchers at the end of their
five-day march from Selma, Alabama on this day in 1965.
Martin Luther King Jr. speaks to the crowd of marchers at the
state capital in Alabama.
Aerial photo shows crowd of thousands assembled in front of the
Capitol.
Aretha Louise Franklin is 75 today.
Aretha Franklin started singing at her father’s church after her
mother’s death and launched her solo career when she was
eighteen.
