CAMILLE BOHANNON

It was on this day in 1904.

King Hussein of Jordan married 26-year-old American Lisa Halaby, who
became Queen Noor on this day in 1978.

Ella Fitzgerald died this day in 1996.

    
TIM MAGUIRE

The Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, is depicted in his death bed. He 
died on this day in 632.

James Earl Ray, alleged assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr was
captured and arrested at London’s  Heathrow Airport on this day
in 1967.

Thirty four U.S. Navy crewmen were killed. Israel apologized for
the attack, saying that the USS Liberty had been attacked in error
after being mistaken for an Egyptian ship. 

Both the Israeli and U.S. governments conducted inquiries and
issued reports that concluded the attack was a mistake due to
Israeli confusion about the ship’s identity.
        
        
 
        
       

The damaged USS Liberty after the attack.

The New York Yankees retired Mickey Mantle’s number (7) on
this day in 1969.

Mickey Mantle giving his speech the day his number was retired.

Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995)

CAMILLE BOHANNON

The Golden Gate Bridge was opened to pedestrian traffic on this
day in 1937. The bridge connected San Francisco and Marin
County in California.

In The Hague, Netherlands, on this day in 1999, a war crimes tribunal indicted Slobodan Milosevic and four others for atrocities in Kosovo.

It was the first time that a sitting head of state had been charged with such a crime.

On this day in 1941. the German battleship Bismarck was sunk by
British naval and air forces. 2,300 people were killed.

Queen Mary sailed on her maiden voyage on this day in 1936 captured the
Blue Riband in August of that year; she lost the title to SS Normandie in 1937
and recaptured it in 1938, holding it until 1952 when she was beaten by the
new SS United States. With the outbreak of the Second World War, she was
converted into a troopship and ferried Allied soldiers for the duration of the
war.

It was on this day in 1995.

SANDY KOZEL

The Lusitania, a civilian ship, was sunk by a German submarine
on this day in 1915.

Germany signed unconditional surrender ending World War II on
this day in 1945. It would take effect the next day.

It was on this day in 1954.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (May 7, 1840 – November 6, 1893)   

Tchaikovsky is famous for composing "The Nutcracker" ballet, as well
as numerous symphonies, concertos, operas, ballets, and chamber-
music pieces. He’s remembered as one of classical music’s most
popular composers. He began taking piano lessons when he was
five and was able to read music at the same level as his first piano
teacher in only three years.

SANDY KOZEL

On this day in 1912.

On this day in 1865

Jackie Robinson became the first African American player in
Major League Baseball on this day in 1947.

Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson
(January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972)