Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996)
Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald was sometimes referred
to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and
Lady Ella.
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996)
Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald was sometimes referred
to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and
Lady Ella.
The U.S. Army was founded on 14 June 1775, when the Continental Congress authorized enlistment of expert riflemen to serve the
United Colonies for one year.
In the United States, Flag Day is celebrated on June 14. … In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that officially established June 14
as Flag Day; on August 3, 1949, National Flag Day was established by an
Act of Congress. Flag Day is not an official federal holiday.
Thomas Woodrow Wilson
(December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924)
On June 13, 1966, the U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Miranda
v. Arizona, establishing the principle that all criminal suspects must be advised
of their rights before interrogation. Now considered standard police procedure, “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can, and will, be used against you in court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot a
fford one, one will be appointed to you,” has been heard so many times in television and film dramas that it has become almost cliché.
The roots of the Miranda decision go back to March 2, 1963, when an 18-year-
old Phoenix woman told police that she had been abducted, driven to the
desert and raped. Detectives questioning her story gave her a polygraph test,
but the results were inconclusive. However, tracking the license plate number
of a car that resembled that of her attacker’s brought police to Ernesto Miranda,
a laborer who had a prior record as a peeping tom. Although the victim did not identify Miranda in a line-up, he was brought into police custody and
interrogated.
What happened next is disputed, but officers left the interrogation with a confession that Miranda later recanted, unaware that he didn’t have to say
anything at all.
Ernesto Arturo Miranda
(March 9, 1941 – January 31, 1976)
Omnibus is a commercially sponsored, educational television series
that ran on CBS-ABC-NBC from 1952 – 1961.
The Omnibus was hosted by Alistair Cooke in his American television debut, featured diverse programming about science, the arts, and the humanities.
Alistair Cooke (November 20, 1908 – March 30, 2004)
Les Paul (Lester William Polsfuss)
(June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009)