MIKE GRACIA
On this day in 1973, a Senate vote confirmed Gerald Ford as
vice president after Spiro Agnew resigned to avoid being indicted for allegedly accepting bribes. Ford was the first
vice president to be selected under the terms of the 25th Amendment.
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.
(born Leslie Lynch King Jr.)
(July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006)
On this day in 1933, a mob of people in San Jose, California, stormed
the jail where Thomas Thurmond and John Holmes are being held
as suspects in the kidnapping and murder of Brooke Hart, the 22-
year-old son of a local storeowner. The mob of angry citizens
proceeded to lynch the accused men and then pose them for
pictures.
Brooke Hart
The dead body of Brooke Hart.
Sheriff William Emig (left), suspect Thomas Thurmond,
and an unknown person are pictured.
John M. Holmes (center).
Casablanca is a romantic drama film directed by Michael
Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman,
and Paul Henreid.
In Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, British archaeologists Howard
Carter and Lord Carnarvon became the first people to enter
King Tutankhamen’s tomb in more than 3,000 years.
Tutankhamen’s sealed burial chambers were miraculously
intact, and inside was a collection of several thousand
priceless objects, including a gold coffin containing the
mummy of the teenage king.
Discovery of King Tut’s Tomb, Archaeologists Pose at
Tomb Entrance.
This is a colorized version of one of only two images
showing Howard Carter (on the left) and Lord
Carnarvon together in Tutankhamun’s tomb.
After 3,300 years, King Tut’s coffin leaves his tomb for the
first time.
TIM MAGUIRE
St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Washington, D.C., during
President John F. Kennedy’s funeral.
John F. Kennedy’s funeral: (l-r) Mamie Eisenhower, Harry
S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mrs. Clifton Daniel (Margaret Truman) shortly after the mourning ceremony
in St. Matthews Cathedral in Washington.
John F. Kennedy Jr., salutes as the casket of this father, President John F. Kennedy, is carried from St. Matthew’s Cathedral during his funeral services.
A horse-drawn caisson carrying the body of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy passes mourners lining the
streets of Washington from the White House to
the Capitol.
Robert Kennedy and Edward Kennedy with their sister in
law Jacqueline Kennedy during the funeral of President
John F Kennedy.
John F. Kennedy’s flag-draped casket lay in state in
Washington, D.C.
