1949

   

William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey
(June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983) 

Also nicknamed The Manassa Mauler, was a boxer who competed
from 1914 to 1927, and world heavyweight champion from 1919 to
1926. One of the most iconic athletes of his era, Dempsey is ranked
sixth on The Ring magazine’s list of all-time heavyweights and
fourth among its Top 100 Greatest Punchers, while in 1950 the Associated Press voted him as the greatest fighter of the past
50 years.

He is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, and was
in the previous Boxing Hall of Fame.

On June 24, 1997, U.S. Air Force officials released a 231-page
report dismissing long-standing claims of an alien spacecraft
crash in Roswell, New Mexico, almost exactly 50 years earlier.

Public interest in Unidentified Flying Objects, or UFOs, began
to flourish in the 1940s, when developments in space travel
and the dawn of the atomic age caused many Americans to
turn their attention to the skies.

       
He turned the material over to the sheriff, who passed it on to
authorities at the nearby Air Force base. On July 8, Air Force
officials announced they had recovered the wreckage of a
“flying disk.” A local newspaper put the story on its front
page, launching Roswell into the spotlight of the public’s
UFO fascination.

  
MIKE CRACIA

On June 23, 1989, Tim Burton’s noir spin on the well-known
story of the DC Comics hero Batman was released in theaters.

Michael Keaton starred in the film as the multimillionaire Bruce
Wayne, who has transformed himself into the crime-fighting
Batman.

Reviews for the film were mixed, though most critics praised
Nicholson’s scene-stealing performance as the Joker.

  
Tim Burton will be 67 on August 25th.

The first shoe still contained its heel area after being
buried for around 2,000 years.

(FOX NEWS) – Volunteers were baffled recently when they
unearthed not one but two ancient shoes at a historic British
site.

The discoveries were made at Magna, an Ancient Roman fort
in Northumberland, in late May. The Roman Army Museum,
located near the fort in Brampton, made the announcement.

Photographs show volunteers holding the remarkably preserved
leather shoes, which have maintained their form despite being
buried for 2,000 years.

The second shoe surprised onlookers with its size, which is roughly equal to a U.S. men’s size 14.