Fidel Castro looks up at the Jefferson Memorial on April 16, 1959
during his visit to the United States.
Four months after leading a successful revolution in Cuba, Fidel Castro
visits the United States. The visit was marked by tensions between both
Castro and the American government.
DAVID MELENDY
In Blacksburg, VA, on this day in 2007, a student killed 33 people at Virginia Tech before killing himself.
The 23-year-old student gunman Seung-Hui Cho.
In Texas City, TX. on this day in 1947, the French ship Grandcamp, carrying ammonium nitrate fertilizer, caught fire and blew up, leaving
576 people dead.
On this day in 1917, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin returned to Russia to start Bolshevik Revolution after years of exile.
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (April 16, 1889 – December 25, 1977)
Comedic silent film icon Charlie Chaplin gained world fame for portraying
his character, The Tramp (1915) and starred in The Great Dictator (1940)
and Modern Times. He had a career that lasted over 75 years, and became
one of the most important people in film history.
On this day in 1996, Britain’s Prince Andrew and his wife, Sarah, the Duchess of York, announced that they were in the process of getting
a divorce.
The Rolling Stones released their debut album on this day in 1964.
Michael Jordan played his last NBA game on this day in 2003.
Michael Jordan, who was on the bench and unlikely to enter the game,
was re-inserted into the line-up by Washington Wizards coach Doug
Collins with 2:35 left in the fourth quarter after the crowd of 20,000+
chanted Michael’s name.
Lee Ermey when he was an actual Drill Instructor Circa 1966.
Ronald Lee Ermey (March 24, 1944 – April 15, 2018)
(Fox News) – R. Lee Ermey, a former Marine Corps drill instructor known
to millions of moviegoers as the sadistic Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in
Stanley Kubrick’s "Full Metal Jacket” (1987) died Sunday morning.
In a statement posted on Twitter,his longtime manager Bill Rogin said
Ermey had died due to complications from pneumonia.
On this day in 1912, the ocean liner Titanic sank in the
North Atlantic after hitting an iceberg the evening
before. 1,517 people died and more than 700 people
survived.
On this day in 1865, President Abraham Lincoln died
from injuries inflicted by John Wilkes Booth.
Jackie Robinson played his first major league baseball
game for the Brooklyn Dodgers on this day in 1947. He
previously he had only appeared in exhibition games.
U.S. F-111 warplanes attacked Libya on this day in 1986
in response to the bombing of a discotheque in Berlin on
April 5, 1986.
Pol Pot died at the age of 73 on this day in 1998. The leader
of the Khmer Rouge regime thereby evaded prosecution for
the deaths of 2 million Cambodians.
SANDY KOZEL
Arthur William Bell 111 was born in Jacksonville, North Carolina.
Art Died at his home in Pahrump, Nevada this morning. The
exact cause of death is not know at this time but, an autopsy
has been scheduled. He had suffered from health problems in
the previous years. Bell posted on his website in July 2016
that he had been hospitalized for pneumonia and revealed
at the time that he was suffering with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease.
Art Bell behind the mic at KSBK in Okinawa.
Art Bell was a paranormal talk radio host of ”Coast to Coast”
(1988 – 2007) which originated from his home studio (above)
in Pahrump, Nevada.
