It was on this day in 2005.
On this day in 1996, President Bill Clinton signed legislation that
ended guaranteed cash payments to the poor and demanded work
from recipients.
It was on this day in 1989.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
On this day in 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. It came three days after the bombing of Hiroshima. An estimated 74,000
people were killed. Japan surrendered August 14.
On this day in 1974, President Richard Nixon formally resigned and
Gerald R. Ford (below) took his place, becoming the 38th president
of the United States.
President and Mrs. Nixon left the White House after his resignation.
It was on this day in 1969.
From left: Charles Manson and his cult family.
Charles Milles Manson (Maddox)
(November 12, 1934 – November 19, 2017)
"Walden" was published by Henry David Thoreau on this
day in 1854.
Henry David Thoreau
(July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862)
Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995)
As one of its founders, Jerry Garcia performed with the Grateful Dead
for their entire thirty-year career (1965–1995). He was well known for
his distinctive guitar playing and was ranked 13th in Rolling Stone‘s
"100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Garcia was staying in a drug
rehabilitation facility when he died of a heart attack at the age of
53.
MIKE GRACIA
On this day in 1971, United States President Nixon announced he
would visit the People’s Republic of China to seek a "normalization
of relations."
President Nixon (left) shakes hands with Premier Chou En-lai of the People’s Republic of China.
Fashion Designer Gianni Versace was slain on this day in 1997.
The suspect in the murder of Versace.
Blood on the steps of Gianni Versace’s Ocean Drive mansion in
Miami Beach.
In Seattle, WA, on this day in 1916, Pacific Aero Products was
incorporated by William Boeing. The aviation giant was later
renamed Boeing Co.
Famous Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn was born on this
day in 1606.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
Roman Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar (July 12, 100 BC – March 15, 44 BC)
On this day in 1984, Democratic presidential candidate Walter F.
Mondale named U.S. Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York to be
his running mate. Ferraro was the first woman to run for vice
president on a major party ticket.
Russian republic president Boris N. Yeltsin (above) announced
his resignation from the the Soviet Communist Party on this day
in 1990.
George Eastman (July 12, 1854 – March 14, 1932)
George Eastman was an American entrepreneur who
founded the Eastman Kodak Company and popularized
the use of roll film, helping to bring photography to the
mainstream.
George Eastman taking pictures with his Kodak
camera, 1926.
Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II
(July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960)
Oscar Hammerstein was an American music writer,
theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) theatre
director of musicals for almost forty years. He won
eight Tony Awards and two Academy Awards for
Best Original Song.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
It was on this day in 1953.
Police photos of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
This is a view of the death chamber and electric chair in Sing Sing
prison in Ossining where the Rosenbergs were executed.
The first Father’s Day was celebrated in Spokane, Washington on
this day in 1910. According to the Library of Congress, a woman
who was raised by her father heard a sermon about Mother’s Day
and decided fathers should be recognized as well.
The emancipation of slaves was proclaimed in Texas
on this day in 1865.
British Indian novelist and essayist Sir Ahmed Salman
Rushdie is 71 years old today.
Paula Julie Abdul is a dancer, choreographer, singer,
songwriter, actress, and television personality. She is
56 years young today.
Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell, Ryan Seacrest on
TV’s American Idol.
