At midday, a 40-foot wave of fiery hot molasses flooded the
streets of Boston on January 15, 1919, killing 21 people and
injuring scores of others.
A 58-foot high tank filled with 2.5 million gallons of crude
molasses burst under pressure due unseasonably hot
weather at the U.S. Industrial Alcohol Company plant in
the north end of the city.
The flood crushed buildings, moved a firehouse, and
knocked an elevated train off its tracks.
MIKE GRACIA
Douglas Wilder, the first African American to be elected governor
of an American state, took office as Governor of Virginia on this
day in 1990. Wilder broke a number of color barriers in Virginia
politics and remains an enduring and controversial figure in the
state’s political scene.
Born in 1931 in Church Hill, a poor and segregated neighborhood
of Richmond, Wilder is the grandson of slaves and is named for Frederick Douglass. He grew up in the Jim Crow era, graduating
from Richmond’s Virginia Union University in 1951. Wilder fought
in the Korean War, earning the Bronze Star, before studying law
at Howard University and returning to Richmond to practice.
Leslie Charleson, known for her role on "General Hospital,"
died Sunday morning after a long illness. She was 79.
The Daytime Emmy-nominated actress portrayed Monica
Quartermaine on the soap opera for nearly 50 years.
(May 31, 1938 – January 7, 2025)
(FOX NEWS) – Peter Yarrow, known as part of the folk trio
Peter, Paul and Mary, has died.
Yarrow passed away Tuesday in New York, according to
publicist Ken Sunshine. The musician had spent the last
four years battling bladder cancer.
"Our fearless dragon is tired and has entered the last
chapter of his magnificent life. The world knows Peter
Yarrow the iconic folk activist, but the human being
behind the legend is every bit as generous, creative,
passionate, playful, and wise as his lyrics suggest,"
his daughter Bethany said in a statement.
Peter, Paul and Mary is the debut studio album
released in May 1962.
