CAMILLE BOHANNON
on this day in 1999, 40-Thousand protesters surrounded the World
Trade Organization meeting in Seattle, Washington. The protests
are sometimes referred to as the Battle of Seattle.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
During World War II on this day in 1940, German war planes bombed
most of the English town of Coventry when about 500 Luftwaffe
bombers attacked.
Coventry Cathedral in ruins following the German attack.
The ruins of the old Coventry Cathedral today, a visible modern-day
reminder of the Blitz of 1940.
Herman Melville’s novel "Moby Dick" was first published in the U.S.
on this day in 1851.
Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891)
CARLATA BRADLEY
On this day in 1962, U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson presented photographic evidence to the United Nations Security Council. The photos were of Soviet missile bases in Cuba.
Soviet Ambassador Zorin.
A Kennedy administration official (upper left) shows aerial views of
one of the Cuban medium-range missile bases, taken in October
1962.
The Charge of the Light Brigade took place during the Crimean War
on this day in 1854. The British were winning the Battle of Balaclava when Lord James Cardigan received an order to attack the Russians
and took his troops into a valley where they suffered 40 percent casualties. It was later revealed that the order was the result of
confusion and was not given intentionally.
Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava. The view is
from the Fedokine hills across the Causeway toward Balaklava
harbor in this painting by William Simpson.
On this day in 1983, U.S. troops and soldiers from six Caribbean
nations invaded Grenada to restore order and provide protection
to U.S. citizens after a recent coup within Grenada’s Communist
(pro-Cuban) government.
U.S Special Operations Forces in Grenada.
William Payne Stewart (January 30, 1957 – October 25, 1999)
It was on this day in 1999.
Stewart, 42, was one of the world’s most recognizable golfers because of his trademark knickerbockers. The plane carrying Stewart and five others crashed
near Aberdeen, South Dakota, after traveling 1,500 miles, most of it while the
pilot, co-pilot and passengers were apparently unconscious or dead when the
plane lost cabin pressure during its flight and ran out of fuel and crashed. The
sounds of a low-pressure alarm could be heard on the recovered cockpit voice recorder.
The Learjet 35, N47BA, before its final flight on October 25, 1999.
MIKE GRACIA
Thomas Edison perfected a workable electric light bulb on this
day in 1877. It would last 13 1/2 hours before it burned out.
Thomas Alva Edison
(February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931)
On this day in 1805, The Battle of Trafalgar occurred off the coast of Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. The British defeated the French
and Spanish fleet. It was the greatest battle in British naval history.
British Admiral Horatio Nelson was shot and killed during battle.
Admiral Horatio Nelson was one of
Great Britain’s greatest war heroes.
TIM MAGUIRE
The first televised debate between presidential candidates Richard
M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy took place in Chicago, IL. on this
day in 1960.
The musical "West Side Story" opened at the Winter Garden Theatre
on this day in 1957.
The Broadway production ran for 732 performances before going on tour. It
was nominated for six Tony Awards including Best Musical in 1957, but the
Best Musical award went to Meredith Willson‘s The Music Man.
