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FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~
IT WAS ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
CAMILLE BOHANNON
Statue of Nathan Hale in City Hall Park,
New York.
It was on this day in 1975.
President Gerald Ford (center) is pushed into his limousine after
Sara Jane Moore (below) took a shot at him as he was leaving the
Post Street entrance of the St. Francis hotel in San Francisco.
,
Sara Jane Moore was a political radical, a follower of Marxism.
Sara Jane Moore (Kahn) became 88 in February.
IT WAS ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
President Clinton taking the oath before giving his testimony.
It was on this day in 1998, President Bill Clinton’s testimony in the
Monica Lewinsky scandal aired on television.
Clinton greets Lewinsky at a fundraiser before the scandal broke.
On this day in 1981, the U.S. Senate confirmed Sandra Day O’Connor
to be the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Supreme Court Justice-nominee Sandra Day O’Connor talks with President Ronald Reagan outside the White House, July 15, 1981.
Sandra Day O’Connor turned 88 in March.
On this day in 1970, "NFL Monday Night Football" made its debut on ABC-TV. The game was between the Cleveland Browns and the New
York Jets. The Browns won 31-21.
From left to right: Howard Cosell, Keith Jackson and Don Meredith,
the original sportscasters for “Monday Night Football” at the first
game between the Jets and Browns.
Stephen Edwin King is 71 years old today.
Author Stephen King ‘s bestselling horror, science fiction,
and suspense novels include Carrie, The Shining, Misery,
and The Dark Tower series. His numerous literary honors
include a Bram Stoker Award, an O. Henry Award, and a
National Book Foundation Medal.
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From The shining (1980) starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall.
IT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
On this day in 1519, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan left
Spain to find a route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. Magellan
was killed during the trip, but one of his ships eventually made the journey.
Ferdinand Magellan (1480 – April 27,1521)
Magellan was killed in the Philippines during the
Battle of Mactan by soldiers of leader Lapu-Lap.
The statue of Lapu-Lapu on Mactan Island.
James Joseph "Jim" Croce
(January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973)
On this day in 1973, pop singer Jim Croce was killed along
with five others in a plane crash on his way to Sherman,
TX, for a concert. He was only 30 years old.
Croce released five studio albums and singles. His songs
"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" and "Time in a Bottle" reached
No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Croce’s chartered Beechcraft E18S crashed into a tree
during take-off from the Natchitoches Regional Airport
in Natchitoches, Louisiana.
It was on this day in 1958.
Dr. Emil A. Naclerio, member of the surgical team that operated
on the Rev. Martin Luther King, is shown at King’s bedside in
Harlem Hospital in New York on Sept. 21, 1958.
Police officers arrest Izola Curry, King’s would-be assassin.
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