MIKE GRACIA

Richard Benjamin Speck
(December 6, 1941 – December 5, 1991)

In 1959, the mobile telephone was a revolutionary invention
that changed how people communicated.

The original model weighed over 30 pounds and featured a large
antenna on top, making it look like something out of a science
fiction movie.

Henry (“Hammer”) Louis Aaron
(February 5, 1934 – January 22, 2021) 

On July 14, 1968, Atlanta Braves slugger Henry “Hank”
Aaron hit the 500th home run of his career in a 4-2 win
over the San Francisco Giants.

On July 14, 1913, Gerald R. Ford was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr.
in Omaha, Nebraska. His biological father left the family when
Ford was three years old. His mother’s second husband, Gerald
Ford, adopted the young boy and gave him his name.

The young Ford went on to become the first vice president to
assume office after a president resigned, after President
Richard M. Nixon (below) stepped down in 1974.

Richard Milhous Nixon
(January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994)