Jessi Combs (July 27, 1983 – August 27, 2019)
(FoxNews) – Jet-car race driver and TV personality Jessi Combs died
tragically during an attempt to break her own land-speed record.
She was involved in the fatal crash during her attempt on Tuesday
on a dry lake bed in Oregon. She was attempting to hit 619 mph.
The details of the crash have not been released at this time.
SANDY KOZEL
RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that set sail from
Southampton on this day in 1912. It sank in the North Atlantic
Ocean after colliding with an iceberg four days into her maiden
voyage to New York City. Of the estimated 2,224 passengers and
crew aboard, more than 1,500 died, making it one of modern
history’s deadliest commercial marine disasters during
peacetime.
Rare photo of the actual iceberg that sank Titanic!
Photo of Survivors in Lifeboats After Titanic sank.
TIM MAGUIRE
An international military tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, found 22
top Nazi leaders guilty of war crimes on this day in 1946.
The Berlin Airlift came to an end on this day in 1949. The airlift had
taken 2.3 million tons of food into the western sector despite the
Soviet blockade.
On this day in 1962, James Meredith, a black US military veteran,
succeeded in registering at the University of Mississippi. It was
his fourth attempt to register. President Kennedy (below) had to
call in the army to get him admitted.
Meredith, center with briefcase, is escorted to the University of Mississippi campus by U.S. marshals.
August 18, 1963: James Meredith graduates from Ole Miss.
It was on this day in 1955.
James Dean was driving his brand-new Porsche 550 Spyder to an
auto rally in Salinas, California, when he was involved in a head-on collision.
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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.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
It was on this day in 1997.
Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances Spencer)
(July 1, 1961 – August 31, 1997)
On this day in 1980, Poland’s Solidarity labor movement was born
with an agreement signed in Gdansk that ended a 17-day strike.
Lech Walesa, anti-communist leader of Solidarity in Poland.
Jack the Ripper’s first victim, Mary Ann Nichols was found dead
in London on this day in 1888.
Mary Ann Nichols throat had been slit and her body
horribly mutilated. At the time of her death the East
London Observer guessed her age at 30-35.
It was on this day in 1969.
Undefeated world heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano and two
other men died when their light plane apparently lost power and crashed
in a cow pasture near Newton, Iowa.
Sir George Ivan Morrison is 83 years old today and was born in
Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Irish musician Van Morrison is best known to American audiences for his
hits "Brown-Eyed Girl" and "Moondance." He released his 36th studio
album, Keep Me Singing, in 2016. His father’s impressive record collection
inspired him to pursue music.
