MIKE GRACIA

(February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865)

Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer and politician. He served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in
April 1865. Lincoln led the nation through the Civil War, its bloodiest
war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. He preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the government, 
and modernized the economy.

On this day in 1999, the U.S. Senate voted on whether to remove President Bill Clinton from office following an impeachment trial
which lasted five-weeks. Clinton was acquitted on both articles
of impeachment. On the first charge of perjury, 45 Democrats
and 10 Republicans voted “not guilty”and on the charge of
obstruction of justice the Senate was split 50-50.
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After the trial concluded, President Clinton said he was “profoundly sorry” for the burden his behavior imposed on Congress and the American people.

President Clinton heads back to the Oval Office after making his statement to the press.

TIM MAGUIRE

On this day in 1964, The Beatles made the first of three record-
breaking appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show." 73 million
people watched the show. It was their American TV debut.

During World War II on this day in 1943, the battle of Guadalcanal
ended with an American victory over Japanese forces.

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, February 9, 1943. 

Some 60,000 Allies forces fought on the island between August 1942
and February 1943.

These Japanese prisoners were among those captured by American
forces on Guadalcanal Island. 

   
    
 
TIM MAGUIRE

It was on this day in 1968 when a South Carolina civil rights protest
turned deadly.

Businessman William Dickson Boyce (1858 – 1929)
incorporated the Boy Scouts of America on this day
in 1910. According to Scouting magazine, Boyce was
completely lost in a thick London fog in 1909 when a
boy came up to him and led him to where he wanted
to go.

Today is National Boy Scouts Day.

MIKE GRACIA

    
    
    
    

Ronald Reagan the actor.    
    
  

                  
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Ronald Reagan as host And sometimes guest on
the syndicated TV series DEATH VALLEY DAYS
(‘65-‘66)

                      

Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004)

Ronald Reagan served as the 40th president of the United States
from 1981 to 1989. Prior to his presidency, he was a Hollywood
actor and union leader before serving as the 33rd governor of
California from 1967 to 1975.

ROSS SIMPSON

On this day in 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed
enlarging the U.S. Supreme Court by as many as 15 judges.The controversial plan failed.

The 1937 U.S. Supreme Court.

On this day in 1994, white separatist Byron De La Beckwith (left) was convicted
in Jackson, MS, of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers (right).

De La Beckwith was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. He
died while incarcerated seven years later at age 80. He had suffered from
heart disease, high blood pressure, and other ailments for some time.

The above Mississippi home where Medgar Evers was fatally shot
in the back as he was getting out of his car on June 12, 1963.

    (February 25, 2013)

Medgar Evers was the first assassination of a 
high-ranking public figure in the civil rights
movement.