TIM MAGUIRE

John William King

Jasper County Assistant District Attorney Pat Hardy displays the
chain allegedly used to drag James Byrd.

The Communists completed their takeover of Czechoslovakia on
this day in 1948.

Czechoslovakian Communist Party leader Klement Gottwald,
addressing the crowds in Wenceslas Square, Prague, on 25
February 1948.

Israeli F-16 fighter-bombers destroyed Iraq’s only nuclear reactor on
this day in 1981.

On this  day in 1972, the musical “Grease” opened
on Broadway. It had been playing off-Broadway for
about 4 months.

Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016)

Prince released ten platinum-selling albums and won multiple Grammy
Awards for Purple Rain (1984), including Best Performance and Best
Soundtrack. He became known for releasing over thirty Top Forty single
hits.  He suffered from epilepsy as a child, and began writing music at
age seven. One of the first groups he worked with was 94 East.

SANDY KOZEL

Joseph Raymond McCarthy

During the U.S. Civil War on this day in 1862, the ironclads Monitor
(left) and USS Merrimack (right), which had been rechristened the Virginia, fought to a draw in a five-hour battle at Hampton Roads, Virginia.

George Burns (Nathan Birnbaum)
(January 20, 1896 – March 9, 1996)

George Burns was one of the few entertainers whose career successfully
spanned vaudeville, radio, film and television. He and his wife, Gracie
Allen, appeared on radio, television, and film as the comedy duo Burns
and Allen.

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SANDY KOZEL

On this day in 1877, Rutherford B. Hayes was declared the winner of
the 1876 presidential election by the U.S. Congress. Samuel J. Tilden(below) however, had won the popular vote on November 7,
1876.

Samuel Jones Tilden

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is 87 years old today.

Mikhail Gorbachev was the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union,
having been General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet
Union from 1985 until 1991.

From left: President Ronald Reagan and Mikail Gorbachev.

The motion picture King Kong had its world premiere in New
York on this day in 1933.

The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical drama film produced and
directed by Robert Wise, and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher
Plummer premiered on this day in 1965 in  New York City. The film is an
adaptation of the 1959 stage musical of the same name, composed by
Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.

TIM MAGUIRE

On  this day in 1986, Filippino President Ferdinand E. Marcos fled
the Philippines after 20 years of rule following a tainted election.

Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr.
(September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989)

Corazon Aquino, widow of slain opposition leader
Benigno Aquino.

Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev criticized the late Josef Stalin
in a speech before a Communist Party congress in Moscow on
this day in 1956.

Josef Stalin died in 1953.

   
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
   
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
     
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
   

On this day in 1836, Samuel Colt received U.S. Patent No. 138
(later 9430X) for a "revolving-cylinder pistol." It was his first
patent.

George Harrison (February 25, 1943-November 29, 2001)

George Harrison achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of
the Beatles, the best-selling band in history. He is often referred to
as "the quiet Beatle".

ROSS SIMPSON

The "St. Valentine’s Day Massacre" took place in Chicago, IL. on
this day in 1929.  Seven gangsters who were rivals of Al Capone
(below) were killed.

Alphonse Gabriel Capone (January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947)

On this day in 1989, Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini called on Muslims
to kill author Salman Rushdie (below).

Salman Rushdie’s fourth novel, The Satanic Verses (1988), was
the center of a major controversy, provoking protests from
Muslims in several countries.

On this day in 2002, former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic began his defense against war crimes charges.

Dolly died on this day in 2003.

Dolly the Sheep is now a stuffed specimen, standing inside a glass
showcase at the National Museum in Edinburgh, Scotland.