Near Montignac, France, a collection of prehistoric cave paintings
were discovered by four teenagers who stumbled upon the ancient artwork after following their dog down a narrow entrance into a
cavern. The 15,000- to 17,000-year-old paintings, consisting mostly
of animal representations, are among the finest examples of art
from the Upper Paleolithic period.
Arnold Ziffel (above) was a pig featured in Green Acres, a situation comedy that aired on CBS from 1965 to 1971.
Arnold’s first TV appearance was in the second season of Petticoat Junction (CBS) in the episode "A Matter of Communication".
Stars Eddie Albert, Eva Gabor and Arnold.
(AP) – After five years of sniffing out land mines and unexploded ordnance in Cambodia, Magawa (above) is retiring.
The African giant pouched rat has been the most successful rodent
trained and overseen by a Belgian nonprofit, APOPO, to find land
mines and alert his human handlers so the explosives can be
can be safely removed.
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Marlin Perkins (left) and Jim Fowler.
Jim Fowler (April 9, 1930 – May 8, 2019)
Fowler was an professional zoologist and host of the Emmy
Award–winning television show Mutual of Omaha’s Wild
Kingdom.
Jim Fowler (left) on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(middle).
CAMILLE BOHANNON
On this day in 1914, World War I officially began when Austria-
Hungary declared war on Serbia.
On this day in 1932, Federal troops forcibly dispersed the "Bonus
Army" of World War I veterans who had gathered in Washington,
DC. They were demanding money they were not scheduled to
receive until 1945.
A U.S. Army bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York City’s Empire State Building on this day in 1945. A total 14 people were
killed and 26 were injured.
President John F. Kennedy and wife Jacqueline.
Aristotle Onassis with wife Jacqueline.
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis (Bouvier)
(July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994)
Jacqueline was the wife of the 35th President of the United States, John
F. Kennedy, and the First Lady of the United States from 1961 until his
assassination in 1963.
On October 20, 1968, she married Aristotle Onassis, a Greek shipping
magnate. In 1994 she died in her sleep at age 64 from Non-Hodgkin
lymphoma.
Helen Beatrix Potter
(July 28, 1866 – December 22, 1943)
Beatrix Potter was an English writer, illustrator,
natural scientist, and conservationist best known
for her children’s books featuring animals, such
as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
