Maj. Dale R. Buis and Master Sgt. Chester M. Ovnand became
the first Americans killed in the American phase of the Vietnam 
War when guerrillas strike a Military Assistance Advisory Group
(MAAG) compound in Bien Hoa, 20 miles northeast of Saigon.

The group had arrived in South Vietnam on November 1, 1955,
to provide military assistance. The organization consisted of
U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps personnel  
who provided advice and assistance to the Ministry of
Defense, Joint General Staff, corps and  the division
commanders, training centers, and province and district
headquarters.

MIKE GRACIA

Ringo Starr (Sir Richard Starkey) achieved international
fame as the drummer for the Beatles. He is 85 years old
today.

For the first time in U.S. history, the House of Representatives
exercised its constitutional power of impeachment and votes
to charge Senator William Blount of Tennessee with “a high misdemeanor, entirely inconsistent with his public duty and
trust as a Senator.”

The constitutional conundrum of conducting a trial of an
impeached senator has not yet been resolved.

On July 7, 1930, construction began on the future site of the
Hoover Dam. Over the next five years, a total of 21,000 men
would work ceaselessly to produce what would be the largest
dam of its time, as well as being one of the largest manmade
structures in the world.

On July 6, 1994, the movie Forrest Gump opened in theaters. A
huge box-office success, the film starred Tom Hanks in the title
role of Forrest, a good-hearted man with a low I.Q. who winds
up at the center of key cultural and historical events of the
second half of the 20th century.

The film also won an Oscar for its then-cutting-edge computer-
generated imagery (CGI) special effects, which incorporated
Forrest Gump into existing news footage with famous world
figures including John F. Kennedy, John Lennon and Richard
Nixon.

Tom Hanks will be 69 years old on July 9th.