MIKE GRACIA
Actor, comedian and filmmaker Robert (Rob) Reiner
First came to national prominence with the role of
Michael Stivic on the CBS sitcom All in the Family
(1971-1979). Rob is 73 years old today.
1990
1986
On December 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,
officially ending the institution of slavery, was ratified. “Neither slavery
nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the
party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States,
or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” With these words, the single
greatest change wrought by the Civil War was officially noted in the
Constitution.
The ratification came eight months after the end of the war, but it
represented the culmination of the struggle against slavery.
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Zebulon Montgomery Pike
(January 5, 1779 – April 27, 1813)
Approaching the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains during his second exploratory expedition, Lieutenant Zebulon Pike spots a distant mountain peak
that looks “like a small blue cloud.” The mountain was later named Pike’s Peak
in his honor.
Pike’s explorations of the newly acquired Louisiana Territory of the U.S. began before the nation’s first western explorers, Lewis and Clark, had returned from
their own expedition up the Missouri River. Pike was more of a professional
military man than either Lewis or Clark, and he was a smart man who had
taught himself Spanish, French, mathematics, and elementary science. When
the governor of Louisiana Territory requested a military expedition to explore
the headwaters of the Mississippi, General James Wilkinson picked Pike to
lead it.
(FoxNews) – Two Civil War cannonballs have been discovered on a South
Carolina beach in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian.
A spokesman for the city of Folly Beach told Fox News that some seashell
hunters spotted a suspicious item in the area of the old Coast Guard Base
at the east end of the beach. “It was reported to us as potentially older
unexplored ordnance,” he explained via email. “As per our policy, we
notified the Charleston County EOD [Explosive Ordnance Disposal] team
who also responded and assisted with notifying the military EOD team.”
The spokesman added,“It was determined to be a cannonball (one larger
8” shell and one 3” shell)… “We were advised the military EOD team will
handle disposing of the ordnance.”
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The Japanese surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri.
Japanese foreign affairs minister Mamoru Shigemitsu (center) signs
the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, Gen. Richard K. Sutherland
(left) observes.
Japan surrendered to the U.S. aboard the USS Missouri, ending
World War II. The war ended six years and one day after it began.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur signs the Japanese surrender document.
President Harry S. Truman proclaiming this day in 1945 as V-J Day.
