Will Rogers and Wiley Post were killed in a plane crash near Point
Barrow, AK.on this day in 1935. Post and American humorist Will
Rogers perished when the aircraft Post was piloting crashed on
takeoff from a lagoon near Point Barrow in the Territory of Alaska.
Will Rogers (left) and Wiley Post before taking off for Alaska.
ROSS SIMPSON
It was on this day in 1996.
Wreckage from the front portion of the TWA Flight 800 Boeing 747 on display in its reconstructed state in 1997.
The cockpit of TWA Flight 800 is lowered at the U.S. Coast Guard
station at Shinnecock Inlet in Hampton Bays, N.Y.
The Russian Imperial Romanov family (Tsar Nicholas II, his
wife Tsarina Alexandra and their five children Olga, Tatiana,
Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei) and all those who chose to
accompany them into imprisonment were shot, bayoneted
and clubbed to death in Yekaterinburg on this day in 1918
by several Bolshevik troops under the orders of the Ural
Regional Soviet and according to instructions by Lenin.
A drawing of the execution of Tsar Nicholas II and his family.
The room in the Ipatiev House, Yekaterinburg, where the Russian
royal family was brutally murdered.
Disneyland opened in Anaheim, CA. on this day in 1955.
Disneyland theme park is now divided into 8 extravagantly themed
lands: Main Street, U.S.A., Tomorrowland, Fantasyland, Mickey’s
Toontown, Frontierland, Critter Country, New Orleans Square and
Adventureland.
Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966)
Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza resigned and fled to
Miami, Florida in exile on this day in 1979.
Somoza talks to the press after fleeing to safety in Miami.
An Apollo spaceship (left) docked with a Soyuz spacecraft in orbit
on this day in 1975. It was the first link up between the U.S. and
Soviet Union.
It was on this day in 1961.
Coltrane’s first recordings were made when he was
a sailor.
John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967)
John Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer, also
known as "Trane". Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in
his career,Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes and was later at
the forefront of free jazz. He died of liver cancer at a Hospital in New
York on July 17, 1967, at the age of 40.
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.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
In Beijing on this day in 1989, Chinese troops stormed Tiananmen
Square to crush the pro-democracy movement. It is believed that hundreds, possibly thousands, of demonstrators were killed.
The Battle of Midway began on t his day in 1942. It was the first major victory for America over Japan during World War II. The battle ended
on June 6 and ended Japanese expansion in the Pacific.
An artist’s impression of the Battle of Midway.
On this day in 1896, Henry Ford made a successful test drive of his
new car in Detroit, MI. He called the vehicle a "Quadricycle."
On this day in 1783, a hot-air balloon was demonstrated by Joseph
and Jacques Montgolfier. It reached a height of 1,500 feet.
Jacques Montgolfier.
Born in the U.S.A. is the seventh studio album by rock singer-songwriter
Bruce Springsteen. It was released by Columbia Records on this day in
1984.The album’s music was written by Springsteen and recorded with
his E Street Band and producers Chuck Plotkin and Jon Landau at The
Power Station and The Hit Factory in New York City.
When Born in the U.S.A. was first released, it was met with positive
reviews and massive commercial success. It produced seven top-10
hit singles and was promoted with a worldwide concert tour by
Springsteen. Born in the U.S.A.became his most commercially
successful album and one of the highest-selling records ever,
having sold 30 million copies by 2012. It has also been cited by
critics as one of the greatest albums of all time. The album
received a nomination for Album of the Year at the 1985
Grammy Awards.
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen will be 69 September 23.
MIKE GRACIA
Martin Luther King Jr. led a group of 25,000 to the state capital in Montgomery, AL. on this day in 1965.
King delivering a speech on the steps of the State Capitol.
In New York City on this day in 1911, 146 women were killed in fire
at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York City. The owners
of the company were indicted on manslaughter charges because
some of the employees had been behind locked doors in the
factory. The owners were later acquitted and in 1914 they were
ordered to pay damages to each of the twenty-three families that
had sued.
On this day in 1997, former U.S. President George H.W. Bush’s 85th
birthday was celebrated by a skydiving adventure at 9500 feet over
Yuma, Arizona.
Aretha Franklin,1960
Aretha Franklin in April 2016.
Singer Aretha Louise Franklin is 76 years young today.
In 2017, Franklin canceled a series of concerts due to health reasons. During
an outdoors Detroit show, Franklin told the audience to "keep me in your
prayers". In July 2017, Franklin reemerged, appearing to lose more weight
before a performance at the Wolf Trap in Virginia.
Sir Elton Hercules John (Reginald Kenneth Dwight) is 71 today.
Rock and roll legend Elton John has sold over 250 million albums in a
career that’s spanned over 50 years. He is best known for such hit songs
as "Rocket Man," "Tiny Dancer," "Bennie and the Jets" and "Candle in
the Wind." He began playing the piano at age three and won a junior
scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music.
