CAMILLE BOHANNON
On this day in 1974, President Gerald Ford announced a conditional amnesty program for draft-evaders and deserters during the Vietnam War.
In west Beirut on this day in 1982, the massacre of hundreds of Palestinian men, women and children began in refugee camps
of the Lebanese Christian militiamen.
TIM MAGUIRE
On this day in 1963, a bomb explodes during Sunday morning services in
the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young
girls.
With its large African-American congregation, the 16th Street Baptist Church
served as a meeting place for civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr.,
who once called Birmingham a “symbol of hardcore resistance to integration.” Alabama’s governor, George Wallace, made preserving racial segregation one
of the central goals of his administration. Birmingham had one of the most
violent and lawless chapters of the Ku Klux Klan.
2001
On this day in 1950 During the Korean War, U.S. Marines land at Inchon on
the west coast of Korea, 100 miles south of the 38th parallel and just 25 miles
from Seoul. The location had been criticized as too risky, but U.N. Supreme Commander Douglas MacArthur (below) insisted on carrying out the landing.
General Douglas MacArthur (center) observes the shelling of
lightly defended Incheon from the U.S. Navy amphibious force
command ship USS Mount McKinley.
ED DANAHUE
Huey Pierce Long Jr. died on this day in 1935.
Carl Austin Weiss Sr.
(December 6, 1906 – September 8, 1935)
Weiss was a physician from Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, who assassinated Senator Long.
José Feliciano (José Monserrate Feliciano García) is 73 today.
José Feliciano, who was born blind, is a Puerto Rican guitarist, singer, and songwriter, best known for many international hits, including his rendition
of The Doors‘
"Light My Fire" and the best-selling Christmas single, "Feliz Navidad." He
has released many albums over the years in both English and Spanish.
CARLATA BRADLEY
It was on this day in 1971.
On this day in 1956, Elvis Presley made his first appearance on the
Ed Sullivan show "Toast of the Town." He was shot from just the
waist up during the performance. Presley made a total of three
appearances on the show.
Elvis Presley with some of his fans in the audience who came to see
his debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”
TIM MAGUIRE
Victims bodies are carried from the wreckage of the 1900 hurricane in Galveston.
On this day in 1966, NBC-TV aired the first episode of "Star Trek"
entitled "The Man Trap". The series was canceled on September 2,
1969.
