Adam John Walsh (above), age 6,was abducted from a mall
in Hollywood, Florida, and later found murdered.
In the aftermath of the crime, Adam’s father, John Walsh,
became a leading victims’ rights activist and host of the
long-running television show America’s Most Wanted.
TV series aired on FOX from February 7, 1988 to
June 18, 2011.
On July 26, 1908, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
was born when U.S. Attorney General Charles Bonaparte
orders a group of newly hired federal investigators to report
to Chief Examiner Stanley W. Finch of the Department of
Justice.
One year later, the Office of the Chief Examiner was renamed
the Bureau of Investigation, and in 1935 it became the Federal
Bureau of Investigation.
Charles Joseph Bonaparte
(June 9, 1851 – June 28, 1921)
From left is President Roosevelt with his Cabinet. Attorney General Bonaparte is the third from the left.
On July 26, 1775, the U.S. postal system was established by the
Second Continental Congress, with Benjamin Franklin as its
first postmaster general. Franklin (1706-1790) put in place
the foundation for many aspects of today’s mail system.
"Incline" portion of the Granite Railway, Pine Hill Quarry to Neponset River, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
What is believed to be the first recorded railroad accident in U.S.
history occurred when four people were thrown off a vacant car
on the Granite Railway near Quincy, Massachusetts.
The victims had been invited to view the process of transporting
large and weighty loads of stone when a cable on a vacant car
snapped on the return trip, throwing them off the train and over
a 34-foot cliff. One man was killed and the others were seriously
injured.
Granite Railway memorial in East Milton Square.
A lifeboat full of survivors from the ill-fated Andrea Doria
which is sinking in the background.
At 11:10 p.m. on July 25, 1956, 45 miles south of Nantucket
Island, the Italian ocean liner Andrea Doria and the Swedish
ocean liner Stockholm collided in a heavy Atlantic fog. Fifty-
one passengers and crew were killed in the collision, which
ripped a great hole in the broad side of the Italian vessel.
Miraculously, all 1,660 survivors on the Andrea Doria were
rescued from the severely listing ship before it sunk late
the next morning.
Both ships were equipped with sophisticated radar systems,
and authorities were puzzled as to the cause of the accident.
The badly damaged Stockholm limped into New York
and offloaded its passengers, along with survivors
from the Andrea Doria. It proceeded to the Bethlehem
Steel Shipyard in New Jersey where it was fitted with
a brand new bow.
