DeLorean died at Overlook Hospital in Summit, New Jersey, from
a stroke, on March 19, 2005, at the age of 80. His ashes are
interred at the White Chapel Cemetery, in Troy, Michigan.
The film Back to the Future was released in 1985, featuring
DeLorean’s namesake car, and DeLorean wrote to writer and
producer Bob Gale thanking him for immortalizing the car.
A Medal of Honor awarded to a Civil War general was
found inside a book at a church fundraising sale.
On this day in 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed into
law a measure calling for the awarding of a U.S. Army Medal
of Honor, in the name of Congress, “to such noncommissioned
officers and privates as shall most distinguish themselves by
their gallantry in action, and other soldier-like qualities during
the present insurrection.”
Abraham Lincoln
(February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865)
Geraldine Anne Ferraro (August 26, 1935 – March 26, 2011)
Walter Mondale, the leading Democratic presidential
candidate, announced that he has chosen Representative
Geraldine Ferraro of New York as his running mate in 1984.
Ferraro, a daughter of Italian immigrants, had previously
gained recognition as a vocal advocate of women’s rights
in Congress. Ferraro became the first female vice presidential
candidate to represent a major political party.
Then-Democratic presidential candidate, ex-VP Walter
Mondale introduces his running mate, Rep. Geraldine
Ferraro, before the Democratic convention.
