ED DONAHUE
On this day in 2005 Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, center, blesses
the coffin containing the body of Pope John Paul II during his
funeral mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.
Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973)
It was on this day in 1974.
TIM MAGUIRE
President Clinton (center) with other world leaders came to pay
tribute at the funeral of Jordan’s King Hussein in 1999.
The Orangeburg Massacre was a deadly protest in Orangeburg,
South Carolina in 1968.
A 1915 silent epic drama film released on this day.
1938
James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955)
TIM MAGUIRE
TIM MAGUIRE
George Roger Waters is 73 years old today.
Roger Waters was a bass player, composer, vocalist, front man and co-founder
of the English rock band, Pink Floyd. The group is known for songs like "Shine
On You Crazy Diamond." He was once the chairman of the Cambridge Youth
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament at age fifteen. His first solo album was
called The Body. Pink Floyd were inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame in 1996.
1973
Tim Maguire
