ROSS SIMPSON

On this day in 1945, the United States detonated the first atomic
bomb in a test at Alamogordo, NM.

On this day in 1973, Alexander P. Butterfield informed the Senate committee investigating the Watergate affair of the existence of
President Nixon’s recorded White House tapes.

Alexander Porter Butterfield testifying before the Senate
committee.

It was on this day in 1999.

On this day in 1969, Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Kennedy, FL,
and began the first manned mission to land on the moon.

The Apollo 11 lunar landing mission crew, from left to right, Neil 
A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module
pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot.

After a highly publicized six-week jury trial, Martha Stewart was found guilty in March 2004 of felony charges of conspiracy, obstruction of
an agency proceeding, and making false statements to the federal
investigators, and was sentenced July 16, 2004 to serve a five-month term in a federal correctional facility and supervised release for a two-year period (to include five months of electronic monitoring)

Inmates sit in their bunks at a women’s prison in Alabama.

SANDY KOZEL

On this day in 1970, an oxygen tank exploded on Apollo 13, which
prevented the planned moon landing.

Apollo 13 Service Module after the Explosion. The damage
is on the left-hand side.

Pope St. John Paul II embraces Elio Toaff, then the chief rabbi of
Rome. It the Pope’s first visit to a Synagogue on this day in 1986.

Sidney Poitier became the first black to win an Oscar for best actor
on this day in 1964. It was for his role in the film"Lilies of the Field”.

Tiger Woods became the youngest person to win the Masters Tournament at the age of 21 on this day in 1997. He also set a
record when he finished at 18 under par.

Tiger woods (Eldrick Tont Woods) turned 42 December 30.

Buzz Aldrin (Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.) was born in Glen Ridge,
New Jersey.

As the Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 11, he was one of the first two
humans to land on the Moon, and the second person to walk on 
it. He set foot on the Moon, on July 21, 1969,  following mission
commander Neil Armstrong.

SANDY KOZEL

On this day in 1968, three Apollo 8 astronauts, James A. Lovell,
William Anders and Frank Borman, reached the moon. They
orbited the moon 10 times before coming back to Earth. Seven
months later man first landed on the moon.

From left: astronauts  William A. Anders, James A. Lovell Jr. and
Frank Borman.

Several veterans of the Confederate Army formed a private social
club in Pulaski, TN, called the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) on this day in
1865 and still exists today.

Canadian born Reginald A. Fessenden (above) became the first
person to broadcast a human voice and music program over
radio, from Brant Rock, MA.

On this day in 1871, In Cairo, Egypt, Giuseppe Verdi’s opera "Aida"
had its world premiere at the Khedivial Opera House.

Giuseppe Verdi conducting.

   
ROSS SIMPSON

It was on this day in 1996.

On this day in 1918.

Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California on this day in 1955.

Walt Disney (far right) delivering his opening day speech.

Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza resigned and fled to
Miami, Florida in exile on this day in 1979.

On this day in 1975, an Apollo spaceship docked with a Soyuz
spacecraft in orbit. It was the first link up between the U.S. and
Soviet Union.

Tyrus Raymond Cobb (December 18, 1886 – July 17, 1961)

                                     The Georgia Peach