MIKE GRACIA

The shooting rampage was on this day in 1966.

On this day in 1914, Germany declared war on Russia at the start 
of World War I.

‘A Berlin crowd listens as a German officer reads the Kaiser’s order
for mobilization on 1st August 1914′.

Adolf Hitler (second from right) presided over the Olympic games as
they opened in Berlin on this day in 1936.

African American Jesse Owens was the star of Berlin, becoming
the first American in Olympic track and field history to win four
gold medals at a single Games. He won the 100-yard dash, the
long jump, 200-yard dash and the 4×100-yard relay.

In Warsaw, Poland, an uprising against Nazi occupation began on
this day in 1944. The revolt continued until October 2 when Polish
forces surrendered.

German Troops set fire to a village in Poland.

Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891)

Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet
of the American Renaissance period. His best known works
include Typee (1846), a romantic account of his experiences
in Polynesian life, and his whaling novel Moby-Dick (1851).

MTV made its debut at 12:01am on this day in 1981. The first
video to be shown was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the
Buggles.

"Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll". Those were the words TV audiences heard on August 1, 1981 when a brand new channel
called Music Television launched.

CAMILLE BOHANNON

England’s Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer were married on
this day in 1981.

Italy’s leader of the National Fascist Party, Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (July 29, 1883 – April 28, 1945).

From left: Benito Mussolini with the leader of Nazi Germany, Adolf
Hitler.  

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was authorized by the U.S. Congress. President Dwight Eisenhower
(center) signed an act creating the agency on this day in 1958.

Vincent Van Gogh died on this day in 1890.

Self Portrait of Vincent van Gogh.

MIKE GRACIA

On this day in 1971, United States President Nixon announced he
would visit the People’s Republic of China to seek a "normalization
of relations."

President Nixon (left) shakes hands with Premier Chou En-lai of the People’s Republic of China.

Fashion Designer Gianni Versace was slain on this day in 1997.       

    
    
    
   

The suspect in the murder of Versace.

Blood on the steps of Gianni Versace’s Ocean Drive mansion in
Miami Beach.

In Seattle, WA, on this day in 1916, Pacific Aero Products was
incorporated by William Boeing. The aviation giant was later 
renamed Boeing Co.         

Famous Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn was born on this
day in 1606.

ROSS SIMPSON

From left: John Lennon and Paul McCartney were introduced to each other on this day in 1957.

The first All-Star baseball game was held in Chicago on this day in
1933. The American League beat the National League 4-2.

The Biafran War erupted on this day in 1967. The war lasted two-
and-a-half years. About 600,000 people died.

Late Odumegwu Ojukwu (left) leader of the breakaway Republic
of Biafra from 1967 to 1970.

One of the casualties of the war.

Mexican  painter Frida Kahlo de Rivera (Magdalena Carmen Frida
Kahlo y Calderón)  (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954)

Althea Gibson won the Wimbledon women’s singles tennis title on
this day in 1957. She was the first black athlete to win the event.

Roy Rogers (Leonard Franklin Slye)
(November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998)

Roy Rogers was one of the most popular Western stars of his
era. Known as the "King of the Cowboys", he appeared in over
100 films and numerous radio and television episodes of The
Roy Rogers Show.

Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.

Rogers died of congestive heart failure on July 6, 1998. He had
been residing in Apple Valley, CA. Roy was buried at Sunset Hills 
Memorial Park in Apple Valley, as was his wife Dale Evans three 
years later.

Vanport was dramatically destroyed at 4:05 p.m. on May 30, 1948,
when a 200-foot section of the dike holding back the Columbia
River collapsed during a flood, killing 15. The city was underwater
by nightfall leaving its inhabitants homeless.

Vanport, sometimes referred to as Vanport City or Kaiserville, was built as
a city for wartime public housing in Multnomah County, Oregon between the Portland city boundary and the Columbia River. It is currently the site
of Delta Park and the Portland International Raceway. Vanport construction
began in August 1942 to house the workers at the wartime Kaiser Shipyards
in Portland and Vancouver, Washington. The Vanport name was a blending
of "Vancouver" and "Portland". The city home to 40,000 people, about 40 
percent of them African-American, making it Oregon’s second-largest city
at the time, and the largest public housing project in the nation.

Art by Henk Pander, Vanport Mosaic Festival.

The Delta Park area today.

Portland International Raceway.