CAMILLE BOHANNON

On this day in 1919,  President Woodrow Wilson suffered a massive
stroke that left him partially paralyzed.  
            

Final report on President Wilson’s condition written by Dr. Dercum.

It was on this day in 1985.

"Peanuts," the comic strip created by Charles M. Schulz, appeared 
for the first time in seven newspapers on this day in 1950.

Charles Monroe Schulz  (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000)

Sting (Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner) is 67 years old today.

Multi-instrumentalist and singer for The Police, Sting is known for such
hits as "Don’t Stand So Close to Me" and "Message in a Bottle." He also
became a successful solo artist, releasing his first album The Dream of
the Blue Turtles in 1985, followed by ten more albums within the next
two decades. 

Sting (left) with other members of The Police.

CAMILLE BOHANNON

It was on this day in 1968.

June, 6, 1968

The Six – Day War between Israel and Egypt, Syria and Jordan began
on this day in 1967.

Israeli Centurion tank corps prepare for battle during the war.

U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall (center) gave a speech at Harvard University in which he outlined the Marshall Plan on this day
in 1947.

In the U.S. on this day in 1981, the Center for Disease Control
and Prevention reported that five men in Los Angeles were
suffering from a rare pneumonia found in patients with
weakened immune systems. They were the first recognized
cases of what later became known as AIDS.      
         
         
    
    
    
   

David Kirby, an HIV/AIDS activist, near death, surrounded by his  
family.

On this day in 2004.

Former U.S. first lady Nancy Reagan touches the casket of her
husband.

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Funeral of St. John Paul II was held at the Vatican on this day in 2005.

Pope John Paul II’s body is laid in St. Peter’s Basilica. Among the Americans attending the private visitation are from left: George W.
Bush, Laura Bush, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Condoleezza
Rice, and Andrew Card. 

It was on this day in 1973.

Ryan Wayne White (December 6, 1971 – April 8, 1990)

Ryan White was a teenager from Kokomo, Indiana, who became a
national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the United States after failing
to be re-admitted to school following an AIDS diagnosis. As a
hemophiliac, he became infected with HIV from a contaminated
blood treatment.

Hank Aaron hits 715th home run breaking Babe Ruth’s record on this
day in 1974.

Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994)