CARLATA BRADLEY
On this day in 1962, the Soviet Union exchanged captured American U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers (seated) for the Soviet KGB spy Rudolph Ivanovich Abel (right) being held by the U.S.
Francis Gary Powers and a U2 recon aircraft .
The Glienicke bridge just after the Powers swap.
JOHN BELMONT
Ralph Dale Earnhardt Sr. (April 29, 1951 – February 18, 2001)
NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, Sr., was killed in a crash during the final lap
of the Daytona 500 race on this day in 2001. Earnhardt was inducted into
numerous halls of fame, including the NASCAR Hall of Fame inaugural
class in 2010.
Dale Earnhardt in car # 3 hits the wall hard in the 2001 Daytona 500.
John Joseph Travolta is 65 years old today.
Actor John Travolta starred in the 1970s hit films Saturday Night Fever
and Grease. He went on to play Vincent Vega in the critically acclaimed
1994 film Pulp Fiction. Travolta also starred in the action thriller Face/Off
(1997) with Nicolas Cage.
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MIKE GRACIA
On this day in 1981, the 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444
days arrived in the United States and were reunited with their
families.
On this day in 1959, American Airlines had the first scheduled transcontinental flight of a Boeing 707.
American Airlines’ inaugural flight crew with Boeing 707 Flagship California.
SANDY KOZEL
CAMILLE BOHANNON
It was on this day in 1995.
Prosecutors Marcia Clark and Christopher Darden seek life without parole for O.J.
After careful selection, a Jury of eight women and four men was
selected and included eight blacks, one white, one Hispanic and
two people of mixed race.
In baseball, the "Shot Heard ‘Round the World" was a game-winning home run by New York Giants outfielder and third baseman Bobby Thomson off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca at the Polo Grounds in New York City on October 3, 1951, to win the National
League (NL) pennant.
Thomson hits the ‘Shot Heard ‘Round the World’ at The Polo Grounds
in New York City .
Robert (Bobby) Brown Thomson
(October 25, 1923 – August 16, 2010)
The children’s television series “Captain Kangaroo” aired weekday mornings on the CBS network from October 3, 1955, until December
8, 1984, making it the longest-running nationally broadcast children’s television program of its day.
Robert James Keeshan
(June 27, 1927 – January 23, 2004)
On this day in 1955, "The Mickey Mouse Club" premiered on
ABC-TV and ran until 1959.
Walt Disney (center) is surrounded by members of "The Mickey
Mouse Club" cast.
Head Mouseketeer Jimmie Dodd with his Mouse Guitar.
