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.