TIM MAGUIRE

Alabama Gov. George Wallace’s literal stand (left) against forced integration on this day in 1963 made him a national figure in the
ongoing Civil Rights battle.

On this day in June of 1963, Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk Thích
Quang Duc burned himself to death at a busy intersection in Saigon. He
was attempting to show that to fight all forms of oppression on equal
terms, Buddhism too, needed to have its martyrs.

Photographer Malcolm Browne captured the scene in Saigon for the
Associated Press, and the stark image quickly became an iconic visual
of the turbulent 1960s.

Timothy James McVeigh  (April 23, 1968 – June 11, 2001)

Timothy McVeigh was convicted of blowing up the Oklahoma city federal
building killing and 168 people in the deadliest act of terrorism on American
soil. He was executed on this day in 2001.       

   
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
   

It was on this day in 1919.

Sir Barton’s monument and gravesite in Douglas, Wyoming.

On this day in 1979.

John Wayne (Marion Robert Morrison)
(May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979)

The Duke’s grave marker.

CAMILLE BOHANNON

On this day in 1997.

On this day in 1953

John Paul II kisses Polish soil during his first return to his country
on this day in 1979.

ROSS SIMPSON

The destruction along Main Street in Johnstown, Pa., following the collapse of the South Fork Dam killing 2,209 people on this day in
1889.

 Walter "Walt" Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) 

American poet Walt Whitman is best known for his collections Leaves of Grass
and Drum-Taps. His 1865 poem "O Captain! My Captain!" was written on the
occasion of the death of Abraham Lincoln. He dropped out of school at the
age of eleven and, to support his family, worked as a law office assistant and
a newspaper apprentice.

It was on this day in 2003.

Serial bombing suspect Eric Robert Rudolph (C) is escorted from
the Cherokee County Jail for a hearing in federal court.

Clinton Eastwood Jr. is 87 years old today. He was born in San
Francisco, California.

Clint Eastwood from The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1966).

Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry (1971).

Clint Eastwood worked as a lifeguard, a caddy, and a grocery clerk while growing
up. He became a household name after playing Rowdy Yates on the long-running
CBS-TV Western series Rawhide (1959 – 1965).

ED DANAHUE

Convicted bomber Timothy McVeigh is escorted from the Noble
County Courthouse in Perry, Okla., April 21, 1995.

It was on this day in 1993.

Grace Kelly and her husband, Prince Rainier.

Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982)

TIM MAGUIRE

The “Fab Four” arrived in New York to begin their first U.S. tour in
1964.

Troyal Garth Brooks is 55 years old today. 

                             
                                         Released August 6, 1990.