Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan.

(National Geographic) – Four bone-sniffing dogs that were brought to the remote
Pacific island of Nikumaroro to search for traces of Amelia Earhart have identified
a spot where the pioneering aviator may have died 80 years ago.

The dogs, four border collies named Marcy, Piper, Kayle, and Berkeley , arrived
on the island on June 30 as part of an expedition sponsored by The International
Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) and the National Geographic
Society.

Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, disappeared on July 2, 1937, on their
way to Howland Island — 350 nautical miles northeast of Nikumaroro along the
line of position that Earhart outlined in her last confirmed radio transmission.

Earhart stands in front of the Lockheed Electra she was flying
when she vanished in 1937.

CAMILLE BOHANNON

It was on this day in 1853

John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937)

Rockefeller was an American oil industry business magnate and
philanthropist widely considered the wealthiest American of all
time and the richest person in modern history. He revolutionized
the petroleum industry.

It was first learned on this day in 1947, an unidentified flying object
crashed on a ranch northwest of Roswell, New Mexico, sometime
during the first week of July 1947.

investigators examine Roswell crash debris.

Florenz Ziegfeld staged his first "Follies" on the roof of the New
York Theater in New York City on this day in 1907.

Florenz Edward Ziegfeld Jr. (March 21, 1867 – July 22, 1932)

On this day in 1986, Kurt Waldheim was sworn in as president of
Austria despite controversy over his alleged ties to Nazi war  
crimes. He died in 2007.

MIKE GRACIA

It was on this day in 2005.

John Wilkes Booth

Public testimony at the Iran-Contra hearing began on this day in
1987 with National Security Council staff member Oliver North
testifying before a Congressional committee.  He was ultimately
indicted on 16 felony counts.

It was on this day in 1981, President Ronald Reagan announced
he was nominating Arizona Judge Sandra Day O’Connor to
become the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Sandra Day O’Connor turned 81 in March.

Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) is 77 years old today.

Ringo Starr was asked to join The Beatles after their drummer
Pete Best had a falling out with the band.

ROSS SIMPSON

John Lennon (left) and Paul McCartney were introduced to each
other on this day in 1957. 

The first All-Star baseball game was held in Chicago on this day
in 1933. The American League beat the National League 4-2.

The Biafran War erupted on this day in 1967. The war
lasted two-and-a-half years. About 600,000 people died.

Frida Kahlo de Rivera (Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón)
(July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954). 

Mexican painter Frida Kahlo was associated with Surrealism and Magic Realism
and is best known for her 55 self-portraits. She was inspired by the indigenous
Mexican culture and Mexican mythology. Her childhood home, Casa Azul, was transformed into a Mexico City museum and tourist attraction after her death.

Trailblazing athlete Althea Gibson became the first African-American player to win the Wimbledon women’s singles tennis title on this day
in 1957.

Roy Rogers (Leonard Franklin Slye)
(November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998)

Known as the "King of the Cowboys", Roy Rogers 
appeared in over 100 films and numerous radio
and television episodes of The Roy Rogers Show.

The song “Love in Bloom” was first recorded by Bing Crosby with
Irving Aaronson and his Commanders for Brunswick Records. It
was introduced in the 1934 film She Loves Me Not by Bing Crosby
and Kitty Carlisle.