TIM MAGUIRE
Actor/producer Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio is 45 yeas old today. As
of 2019, his films have earned $7.2 billion worldwide, and he has
placed eight times in annual rankings of the world’s highest-paid
actors. His accolades include an Academy Award and three Golden Globe Awards.
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio at the 88th Academy Awards (2016):
Best Actor, win, for The Revenant.
DAVID MELENDY
African American taxi driver Rodney King was severely beaten by
Los Angeles police officers on this day in 1991 during an arrest
that followed a pursuit through the streets of Los Angeles. The
scene was captured on amateur video, one of the first police
brutality videos of its kind. It forever changed the conversation
about police and race in America.
Over six nights in April, 53 people were killed and more than 2,000 injured; property damage topped $1 billion.
National Guardsmen patrol Los Angeles during the rioting after the acquittal of officers involved in the beating of Rodney King.
The first issue of Time magazine was published on this day in 1923
by Briton Hadden and Henry Luce. It was the first weekly news
magazine in the United States. The distinctive red border for which
the magazine has come to be known was lacking. On the cover
was the now-obscure Joseph G. Cannon, former House Speaker.
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CAMILLE BOHANNON
During the American Civil War on this day in 1863, the first day’s
fighting at Gettysburg began. It was the bloodiest battle.
On this day in 1946, the United States exploded a 20-kiloton atomic
bomb near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
During the Spanish-American War on this day in 1898, Theodore Roosevelt and his "Rough Riders" waged a victorious assault on
San Juan Hill in Cuba.
Theodore Roosevelt (center) with his “Rough Riders”.
Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances Spencer)
(July1, 1961 – August 31, 1997)
Diana married Charles, the Prince of Wales and the heir to
the throne of 16 Commonwealth realms. She became an
international icon for her beauty and her work with charities.
Her death, which was reportedly caused by her driver’s
drunkenness, sparked widespread media attention and
conspiracy theories.
The sovereignty over Hong Kong was transferred from Great Britain
to China on this day in 1997. Britain had controlled Hong Kong as a colony for 156 years.
Actor Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004)
Brando’s Academy Award-winning performances include Terry
Malloy in On the Waterfront (1954) and Don Vito Corleone in
The Godfather (1972). Brando was an activist for many causes,
notably the civil rights movement and various Native American
groups.
Marlon Brando was ranked by the American Film Institute as the
fourth-greatest movie star among male movie stars whose screen
debuts occurred in or before 1950. He was one of six professional
actors, along with Charlie Chaplin, Ronald Reagan, Lucille Ball,
Frank Sinatra, and Marilyn Monroe, named in 1999 by Time
magazine as one of its 100 Most Important People of the Century.
Brando died of respiratory failure on July 1, 2004, at age 80.
Marlon Brando in a still photo from The Godfather.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
Edward White became the first American astronaut to do a "space
walk" when he left the Gemini 4 capsule on this day in 1965.
Ed White floats beside Gemini IV, with the Gulf of California behind
him.
Edward Higgins White II (November 14, 1930 – January 27, 1967)
Ayatollah (Sayyid Ruhollah Mūsavi) Khomeini
(September 24, 1902 – June 3, 1989)
Pope John XXIII (Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli)
(November 25, 1881 – June 3, 1963)
The Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated the British throne, married Wallis Warfield Simpson on this day in 1937. The Duke died on May
28, 1972 at age 77.
Irwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997)
Allen Ginsberg was an American poet, philosopher, and
writer. He is considered to be one of the leading figures
of both the Beat Generation during the 1950s and the
counterculture that soon followed. Ginsberg vigorously
opposed militarism, economic materialism and sexual
repression.
Josephine Baker (Freda Josephine McDonald)
(June 3, 1906 – April 12, 1975)
Dancer and entertainer Josephine Baker was known as "Black
Pearl" and "Creole Goddess" and widely recognized by her
Danse banana costume. She was activist in the Civil Rights
Movement, and adopted a "Rainbow Tribe" of orphans from
various races.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
In Britain on this day in 1967, "Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band" was released by the Beatles. It was released June 2 in the U.S.
Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jeane Mortenson)
(June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962)
Iconic sex symbol Marilyn Monroe starred in the classic comedy Some
Like It Hot (1959) and became the most famous woman in the world
during the 1950s. Her other memorable films include 1955’s The Seven
Year Itch and 1953’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Personal struggles took
hold of her late in her career and she died of an overdose of barbiturates
at the young age of 36. The above photo is from Marilyn Monroe’s final
photoshoot, just three weeks before her death.
Cable News Network (CNN) made its debut as the first all-news
station on this day in 1980. Ted Turner (above) launched the
network.
Brigham Young (June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877)
Brigham Young was the second president of The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1847
until his death in 1877. He founded Salt Lake City and he
served as the first governor of the Utah Territory. Young
also led the founding’s of the precursors to the University
of Utah and Brigham Young University.
A statue of Brigham Young at the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake
City, Utah.
Helen Adams Keller (Born June 27, 1880, Tuscumbia, Alabama,
died June 1, 1968, Westport, Connecticut), She was a author
and educator who was blind and deaf. Her education and
training represent an extraordinary accomplishment in the
education of persons with these disabilities.
