Sgt. Ron Helus, was killed after responding to calls of gunshots at
a Southern California country music bar Wednesday night. He was
among 12 people killed when a gunman walked into Borderline Bar
& Grill in Thousand Oaks, California and opened fire.
TIM MAGUIRE
John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson won the election
on this day in 1960, defeating incumbent Vice President and
Republican nominee Richard Nixon, who would later go on
to be the 37th President of the United States. This was the
first election in which all fifty states participated, and the
last in which the District of Columbia did not.
Newley elected President John F. Kennedy meets
with Richard M. Nixon following the election.
On this day in 1966, Ronald Reagan was elected to his first term as Governor of California with 57.65% of the vote. He left office in 1975, declining to run for a third term.
