TIM MAGUIRE

On this day in 1901, President William McKinley (below) died of
gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin. His Vice President,
Theodore Roosevelt (above) succeeded him at age 43.     

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
   

William McKinley (January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901)

The assassination of McKinley occurred on September 6, 1901.

It was on this day in 1982 Grace Kelly died of severe head injuries.

Photo of the crashed car after dropping more than
100 feet over a retaining wall.

Spectators view the site of the car crash.

ED DANAHUE

Huey Pierce Long Jr. died on this day in 1935.

Carl Austin Weiss Sr.
(December 6, 1906 – September 8, 1935)

Weiss was a physician from Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, who assassinated Senator Long.

José Feliciano (José Monserrate Feliciano García) is 73 today.

José Feliciano, who was born blind, is a Puerto Rican guitarist, singer, and songwriter, best known for many international hits, including his rendition
of The Doors‘

"Light My Fire" and the best-selling Christmas single, "Feliz Navidad." He
has released many albums over the years in both English and Spanish.

TIM MAGUIRE

Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holley)
(September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959)

Buddy Holly was a singer, songwriter, and guitarist who along
with his band The Crickets pioneered rock with "That’ll Be the
Day," which topped the Billboard Best Sellers list.

He won a talent contest when he was five years old for singing
"Have You Ever Gone Sailing (Down the River of Memories)."

Rolling Stone ranked him as the thirteenth "Greatest Artist of
All Time." He died in a plane crash less than two years after
his career took off.

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.