TIM MAGUIRE

On this day in 1901, President William McKinley was shot and
mortally wounded (he died eight days later) by Leon Czolgosz,
an American anarchist, was executed the following October.

Leon Czolgosz

The funeral for Britain’s Princess Diana was on this day
in 1997.

Piggly Wiggly is a supermarket chain in the Southern and Midwestern regions
of the U.S. The first outlet opened in 1916 in Memphis, Tennessee, and is
notable for having been the first true self-service grocery store, and the
originator of various familiar supermarket features such as checkout stands, individual item price marking and shopping carts. The current company headquarters is in Keene, New Hampshire. Currently, more than 600
independently owned Piggly Wiggly stores operate in 17 states, primarily
in smaller cities and towns.

Piggly Wiggly founder Clarence Saunders.
(August 9, 1881 – September 23, 1953)

George Roger Waters is 75 years old today.

Bass player, composer, vocalist Roger Waters was co-founder,
and front man of the English rock band Pink Floyd, the group
known for songs like "Shine On You Crazy Diamond."

Boris Yeltsin (right) with Mikhail Gorbachev after the failure of the
August 21, 1991 coup.

Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev returns to Moscow from the
Crimea on August 22, 1991 after a hardline coup failed.

It was on this day in 1940.

Nat Turner, a former slave, led a violent insurrection in Virginia on
this day in 1831. He was later executed.

Hawaii became the 50th state on this day in 1959. President Dwight
D. Eisenhower (second from left) also issued the order for the 50
star flag.

After signing Executive Order adding 50th star to US flag, for Hawaii, President Eisenhower (third from left) holds up the new flag.

Kenneth Ray Rogers is 80 years old today. He was born in Houston,
TX.

Country icon Kenny Rogers has sold more than 100 million albums over
the course of his career. His 1970s albums The Gambler and Kenny went
5x platinum and 3x platinum, respectively. In 2013, he was inducted into
the Country Music Hall of Fame.

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.

MIKE GRACIA

It was on this day in 2005.
    
    
    
    
   

It was on this day in 1865.

John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865)

Public testimony at the Iran-Contra hearing began on this day in 1987 with testimony from Oliver North.

Oliver Laurence North will be 75 in October.

On this day in 1981, United States President Reagan announced he
was nominating Arizona Judge Sandra Day O’Connor to become the
first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

President Ronald W. Reagan talks with Supreme Court nominee
Sandra Day O’Conner at the White House on July 15, 1981.

Former Beatle drummer Ringo Starr (Sir Richard Starkey) is 78 today.  

SANDY KOZEL

On this day in 1776, Richard Henry Lee’s resolution to break away
from Britain was adopted by the Continental Congress.

On this day in 1964, U.S. President Johnson signed the "Civil Rights
Act of 1964" into law. The act made it illegal in the United states to discriminate against others because of their race.

On this day in 1937, American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart disappeared in the Central Pacific during an attempt to fly around
the world at the equator.

On this day in 1881, Charles J. Guiteau (below) fatally wounded U.S. 
President James A. Garfield in Washington, DC.

It was on this day in 1961.

James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997)

Stewart was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning
one in competition for The Philadelphia Story (1940), and
received an Academy Lifetime Achievement award in 1985.

In 1999, Stewart was named the third-greatest male screen
legend of the Golden Age of Hollywood by the American
Film Institute. The Institute has also named five of his
films to its list of the 100 best American films ever made. 

1946

1952

1957

Jimmy Stewart in Rear Window, 1954.