In Los Angeles, California, Senator John F. Kennedy of
Massachusetts was nominated for the presidency by the
Democratic Party Convention, defeating Senator Lyndon
B. Johnson of Texas. The next day, Johnson was named
Kennedy’s running mate by a unanimous vote of the
convention.

Four months later, on November 8, JFK won 49.7 percent
of the popular vote in one of the closest presidential
elections in U.S. history, surpassing by a fraction the
49.6 percent received by Vice President Richard M.
Nixon, a Republican.

John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon.

On July 13, 1990, the romantic-thriller Ghost, starring Demi
Moore, Patrick Swayze and Whoopi Goldberg, opened in
theaters across the country.

 
CAMILLE BOHANNON

GEORGE EASTMAN (1854 – 1932)

Founder of the Eastman Kodak Company,
whose invention of roll film popularized
amateur photography for the masses.

On July 11, 1914, in his major league debut, George Herman
“Babe” Ruth pitched seven strong innings to lead the Boston
Red Sox over the Cleveland Indians (now the Cleveland
Guardians), 4-3.

George Herman "Babe" Ruth
(February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948)

To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1960 Southern Gothic novel by
American author Harper Lee. It was the 34-year-old novelist 
first novel and became an instant success after its release;
in the United States, it is widely read in high schools and
middle schools. 

Nelle Harper Lee (April 28, 1926 – February 19, 2016)

To Kill a Mockingbird won the Pulitzer Prize a year after its
release, and it has become a classic of modern American
literature.