MIKE GRACIA
Booker Taliaferro Washington
(April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915)
Booker T. Washington was an American educator, author,
orator, and advisor to presidents of the United States and
was the dominant leader in the African American community
between 1890 and 1915.
Paul Allen (left) and Bill Gates.
Paul Gardner Allen (January 21, 1953 – October 15, 2018)
Business magnate, investor and philanthropist Paul Allen co-founded
Microsoft alongside Bill Gates in 1975. He owned two professional
sports teams: the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League
and the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association,
and was part-owner of the Seattle Sounders FC, which joined Major
League Soccer in 2009. Allen died in Seattle from complications of
non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
Christopher Columbus left Palos, Spain with three ships on this day
in 1492. The voyage led him to what is now known as the Americas.
On this day in 1914, Germany declared war on France. The next day World War I began when Britain declared war on Germany.
Alger Hiss (above) was a government official who was accused
of being a Soviet spy on this day in 1948. His case became one
of the defining – and still highly controversial – episodes of the
Cold War.
Whittaker Chambers is seated on the left in the above photo.
On this day in 1981, U.S. traffic controllers with the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO), went on strike. They were
fired just as President Ronald Reagan had warned.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) was founded on this day
in 1949.
Singer Tony Bennett (Anthony Dominick Benedetto) is 92 today.
Tony Bennett is known for his renditions of show tunes, jazz, and popular
songs like "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" and "Rags to Riches."
He dropped out of school to work as a copy boy in order to help support
his family. He was a painting and music student at New York’s School of
Industrial Art.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
It was on this day in 1953.
Police photos of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
This is a view of the death chamber and electric chair in Sing Sing
prison in Ossining where the Rosenbergs were executed.
The first Father’s Day was celebrated in Spokane, Washington on
this day in 1910. According to the Library of Congress, a woman
who was raised by her father heard a sermon about Mother’s Day
and decided fathers should be recognized as well.
The emancipation of slaves was proclaimed in Texas
on this day in 1865.
British Indian novelist and essayist Sir Ahmed Salman
Rushdie is 71 years old today.
Paula Julie Abdul is a dancer, choreographer, singer,
songwriter, actress, and television personality. She is
56 years young today.
Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell, Ryan Seacrest on
TV’s American Idol.
DAVID MELENDY
In Blacksburg, VA, on this day in 2007, a student killed 33 people at Virginia Tech before killing himself.
The 23-year-old student gunman Seung-Hui Cho.
In Texas City, TX. on this day in 1947, the French ship Grandcamp, carrying ammonium nitrate fertilizer, caught fire and blew up, leaving
576 people dead.
On this day in 1917, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin returned to Russia to start Bolshevik Revolution after years of exile.
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (April 16, 1889 – December 25, 1977)
Comedic silent film icon Charlie Chaplin gained world fame for portraying
his character, The Tramp (1915) and starred in The Great Dictator (1940)
and Modern Times. He had a career that lasted over 75 years, and became
one of the most important people in film history.
On this day in 1996, Britain’s Prince Andrew and his wife, Sarah, the Duchess of York, announced that they were in the process of getting
a divorce.
The Rolling Stones released their debut album on this day in 1964.
Michael Jordan played his last NBA game on this day in 2003.
Michael Jordan, who was on the bench and unlikely to enter the game,
was re-inserted into the line-up by Washington Wizards coach Doug
Collins with 2:35 left in the fourth quarter after the crowd of 20,000+
chanted Michael’s name.
