ED DANAHUE
Hank Aaron slams his 715th home run over the fence and
into the history books.
Hank Aaron displays his 715th home run ball, the ball that
broke Babe Ruth’s famed home run record.
Henry Louis Aaron (nicknamed "Hammer" or "Hammerin’ Hank")
turned 85 on February 5th.
TIM MAGUIRE
The funeral procession for President John F. Kennedy is pictured
crossing the bridge to Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA.
On this day in 1963, the body of President John F. Kennedy was laid
to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. The funeral was attended by
heads of state and representatives from more than 100 countries,
with untold millions more watching on television.
President Kennedy’s widow, Jacqueline, along with brother’s Bob
and Ted Kennedy together lit the “eternal flame”(above) which will
forever burn at the gravesite of JFK.
During the Revolutionary War on this day in 1783, British forces
evacuated New York, their last military position in the U.S. It was
also George Washington’s Triumphal Entry in New York City, as
depicted in the above painting. The events marked the cessation
of hostilities between Great Britain and its former colonies.
TIM MAGUIRE
On this day in 1901, President William McKinley was shot and
mortally wounded (he died eight days later) by Leon Czolgosz,
an American anarchist, was executed the following October.
Leon Czolgosz
The funeral for Britain’s Princess Diana was on this day
in 1997.
Piggly Wiggly is a supermarket chain in the Southern and Midwestern regions
of the U.S. The first outlet opened in 1916 in Memphis, Tennessee, and is
notable for having been the first true self-service grocery store, and the
originator of various familiar supermarket features such as checkout stands, individual item price marking and shopping carts. The current company headquarters is in Keene, New Hampshire. Currently, more than 600
independently owned Piggly Wiggly stores operate in 17 states, primarily
in smaller cities and towns.
Piggly Wiggly founder Clarence Saunders.
(August 9, 1881 – September 23, 1953)
George Roger Waters is 75 years old today.
Bass player, composer, vocalist Roger Waters was co-founder,
and front man of the English rock band Pink Floyd, the group
known for songs like "Shine On You Crazy Diamond."
ED DONAHUE
Funeral of St. John Paul II was held at the Vatican on this day in 2005.
Pope John Paul II’s body is laid in St. Peter’s Basilica. Among the Americans attending the private visitation are from left: George W.
Bush, Laura Bush, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Condoleezza
Rice, and Andrew Card.
It was on this day in 1973.
Ryan Wayne White (December 6, 1971 – April 8, 1990)
Ryan White was a teenager from Kokomo, Indiana, who became a
national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the United States after failing
to be re-admitted to school following an AIDS diagnosis. As a
hemophiliac, he became infected with HIV from a contaminated
blood treatment.
Hank Aaron hits 715th home run breaking Babe Ruth’s record on this
day in 1974.
Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994)
TIM MAGUIRE
The funeral of Jordan’s King Hussein was on this day in 1999.
President Clinton (center) among those attending the funeral of
King Hussein.
The Birth of a Nation (originally called The Clansman) is a 1915
American silent epic drama film directed and co-produced by D.
W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. The screenplay is adapted
from the novel and play The Clansman, both by Thomas Dixon
Jr. Griffith co-wrote the screenplay (with Frank E. Woods), and
co-produced the film (with Harry Aitken). The film premiered on
this day in 1915.
Lillian Diana Gish
(October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993)
A civil rights protest in Orangeburg, South Carolina turned deadly
on this day in 1968. The incident became know as the Orangeburg
Massacre.
William D. Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America on this
day in 1910.
William Dickson "W. D." Boyce
(June 16, 1858 – June 11, 1929)
James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955)
Actor James Dean starred in “Rebel Without a Cause” and “East of
Eden” (both 1955). He became a cultural icon well before he died in
a car crash at age 24. He became the first actor to have received
multiple posthumous acting nominations.
