CAMILLE BOHANNON
England’s Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer were married
on this day in 1981.
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini
(July 29, 1883 – April 28 1945)
Vincent Willem van Gogh (March 30, 1853 – July 29, 1890)
Vincent van Gogh: Olive Trees with Yellow Sky. Oil on Canvas
Saint-Rémy: November, 1889.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
It was on this day in 1940, as Paris became occupied, loud speakers
announced the implementation of a curfew being imposed for 8 pm.
The main gate of the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland.
The Nazis also opened their concentration camp at Auschwitz in German-
occupied Poland on this day in 1940.
Robert Dean Stethem (November 17, 1961 – June 15, 1985)
Stethem was a U.S. Navy Seabee who was murdered by Hezbollah terrorists
while aboard flight 847 during the hijacking.
The Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopted the "Stars and Stripes"
as the national flag of the United States. The Resolution stated "Resolved:
that the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red
and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, that would
represent a new Constellation."
On May 20, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson officially proclaimed
June 14 "Flag Day" as a commemoration of the "Stars and Stripes."
Donald John Trump is 71 years old today. He is the 45th, current President of the United States.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
Astronaut Ed White: First American Spacewalker on this day in
1965.
Edward Higgins "Ed" White II
(November 14, 1930 – January 27, 1967)
It was on this day in 1989.
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor after their wedding
at the Chateau de Cande near Tours, France, on this
day in 1937.
Irwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) Writer and poet
SANDY KOZEL
It was on this day in 1945
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini
(July 29, 1883 – April 28, 1945)
On this day in 1967, heavyweight boxing champ Muhammad Ali
(Cassius Clay) refused to be inducted into the Army claiming he
was a conscientious objector.
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On this day in 2001, the first civilian to have ventured into space
was American Dennis Tito. pictured above giving a thumb up.
California businessman Dennis Tito and two cosmonauts were aboard
a Russian rocket launched from Central Asia. The destination was the
international space station.
James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno is 68 years old today.
Jay Leno graduated from Emerson College with a Speech Therapy
degree and founded his own comedy club.
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno was a late-night talk show hosted
by Jay Leno that first aired from May 25, 1992 to May 29, 2009, and
resumed production on March 1, 2010 until its ending on February
6, 2014.
MIKE GRACIA
George W. Bush Addressed the Nation on this day in 2003. He
gave a 48 hour Ultimatum to Saddam Hussein to leave Iraq.
Future president Franklin Delano Roosevelt married his fifth
cousin once removed, Eleanor Roosevelt, in New York on this
day in 1905.
