CAMILLE BOHANNON

Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait on this day in 1520.

The strait was named after him. He was the first European to sail the Pacific from the east.

Ferdinand Magellan  (1480 – April 27, 1521)

Margaret Thatcher resigned as prime minister of Britain
on this day in 1990.

1979

Jeffrey Dahmer, a convicted serial killer, was clubbed
to death in a Wisconsin prison by a fellow inmate on
this day in 1994.

On this day in 1925, “The Grand Ole Opry” made its radio debut
on station WSM, Nashville under the name "WSM Barn Dance".

     
MIKE GRACIA

On this day in 1978, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk, a gay-rights activist, were shot to death
inside City Hall by Dan White, a former supervisor.

From left: Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone.

Dan White

On this day in 1973, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Gerald R. Ford 
as vice president after the resignation of Spiro T. Agnew (below).

From left: Gerald Ford and President Richard Nixon.

French surgeons performed the world’s first face transplant on this
day in 2005. The patient, a 38-year-old woman, had been gravely disfigured by her dog, which had been trying to revive her after a
suicide attempt.

Isabelle Dinoire’s first public appearance since her partial face transplant. 

ROSS SIMPSON

On this day in 1950, China entered the Korean conflict forcing UN
forces to retreat.

The Nazis forced 500,000 Jews of Warsaw, Poland to live within a
walled ghetto on this day in 1940.

On this day in 1973, Rose Mary Woods, told a federal court
that she was responsible for the 18-1/2 minute gap in a key
Watergate tape. Woods was President Nixon‘s personal
secretary.

The motion picture "Casablanca" had its world premiere at the
Hollywood Theater in New York City on this day in 1942.

Tina Turner (Anna Mae Bullock) is 78 today.

Considered the Queen of Rock and Roll, Tina Turner released
the single "Proud Mary" in 1971 and has received eleven
Grammy Awards, collaborating with many other popular artists.

Tina  picked cotton with her parents as sharecroppers, and soon
moved in with her great-aunt after her parents divorced in 1978
and later worked as a nurse’s aide, dreaming of becoming a
nurse someday.

Steve “Snapper” Jones (Stephen Howard Jones)
(October 17, 1942 – November 25, 2017)

Jones, was an ABA and NBA player, who played with the Portland Trail Blazers from 1975 to 1976. He later became known for his local work
as a television analyst for the Blazers. He was the brother of Nick Jones, another former ABA and NBA player.

Rance Howard (November 17, 1928 – November 25, 2017)

Actor Rance Howard, the father of director Ron Howard, died Saturday. The elder
Howard was also the father of actor Clint Howard and grandfather of actresses
Bryce Dallas Howard and Paige Howard.

Rance Howard’s acting career spanned several decades since the 1950s. He
appeared in several of Ron Howard’s films, including "Apollo 13," "A Beautiful
Mind," "Splash," "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," "Parenthood" and "Grand
Theft Auto." (AP)

From left: Rance Howard and son Ron.

Rance Howard in a scene from Apollo 13, 1995.