TIM MAGUIRE
The Edmund Fitzgerald, an ore-hauling freighter and its crew of 29
vanished during a storm in Lake Superior on this day in 1975. It was
the largest ship to sail on the Great Lakes.
Edmund Fitzgerald in its watery grave.
On this day in 1969, the children’s TV series "Sesame Street" made
its debut on PBS.
Shown above is an early cast and crew photo. (click to enlarge)
CAMILLE BOHANNON
On this day in 1952, Richard Nixon gave his "Checkers Speech". At
the time he was a candidate for U.S. vice-president.
The expedition of Meriwether Lewis (Left) and William Clark
(Right) ended their trek to the Pacific Northwest on this day
in 1806.
A replica of Fort Clatsop in the National Memorial at the mouth of the
Columbia River in Oregon.
1970
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen is 69 years old today.
Known simply as The Boss, rock legend Bruce Springsteen struck
fame in 1975 with his critically acclaimed album Born to Run and
again in 1984 with his rock anthem "Born in the U.S.A." He won his
20th career Grammy Award in 2009 when his song "Working on a
Dream" took Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance.
ED DONAHUE
On this day in 1519, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan left
Spain to find a route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. Magellan
was killed during the trip, but one of his ships eventually made the journey.
Ferdinand Magellan (1480 – April 27,1521)
Magellan was killed in the Philippines during the
Battle of Mactan by soldiers of leader Lapu-Lap.
The statue of Lapu-Lapu on Mactan Island.
James Joseph "Jim" Croce
(January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973)
On this day in 1973, pop singer Jim Croce was killed along
with five others in a plane crash on his way to Sherman,
TX, for a concert. He was only 30 years old.
Croce released five studio albums and singles. His songs
"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" and "Time in a Bottle" reached
No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Croce’s chartered Beechcraft E18S crashed into a tree
during take-off from the Natchitoches Regional Airport
in Natchitoches, Louisiana.
It was on this day in 1958.
Dr. Emil A. Naclerio, member of the surgical team that operated
on the Rev. Martin Luther King, is shown at King’s bedside in
Harlem Hospital in New York on Sept. 21, 1958.
Police officers arrest Izola Curry, King’s would-be assassin.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
Christopher Columbus left Palos, Spain with three ships on this day
in 1492. The voyage led him to what is now known as the Americas.
On this day in 1914, Germany declared war on France. The next day World War I began when Britain declared war on Germany.
Alger Hiss (above) was a government official who was accused
of being a Soviet spy on this day in 1948. His case became one
of the defining – and still highly controversial – episodes of the
Cold War.
Whittaker Chambers is seated on the left in the above photo.
On this day in 1981, U.S. traffic controllers with the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO), went on strike. They were
fired just as President Ronald Reagan had warned.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) was founded on this day
in 1949.
Singer Tony Bennett (Anthony Dominick Benedetto) is 92 today.
Tony Bennett is known for his renditions of show tunes, jazz, and popular
songs like "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" and "Rags to Riches."
He dropped out of school to work as a copy boy in order to help support
his family. He was a painting and music student at New York’s School of
Industrial Art.
