CAMILLE BOHANNON

Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790)

On this day in 1945, Soviet and Polish forces liberated Warsaw
during World War II.

In his farewell address on this day in 1961, President Eisenhower
warned against the rise of "the military-industrial complex."

More than 6,000 people were killed when an earthquake with a
magnitude of 7.2 devastated the city of Kobe, Japan on this
day in 1995.

Alphonse Gabriel Capone (January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947)

Al Capone was the best known gangster in the 1920’s.

Muhammad Ali (Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.) 
(January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016)

Ali became a boxing icon as well as a peace activist.  He was
known as "The Greatest," recording 56 career wins, 37 of them
by knockout, in his 61 professional bouts. In 1960, he won the
gold medal in the light heavyweight class at the Summer
Olympic Games in Rome. His boxing style was described as
fast, strong, and graceful, and he developed the famous slogan
"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."

President George W. Bush presents the Presidential
Medal of Freedom to boxer Muhammad Ali in 2005.

MIKE GRACIA

On this day in 1962, President Kennedy went on radio and television to inform
the United States about his order to send U.S.forces to blockade Cuba. The blockade was in response to the discovery of Soviet missile bases on the
island.

On this day in 1979, the ousted Shah of Iran, Mohammad Riza
Pahlavi (below), was allowed into the U.S. for medical treatment.

It was on this day in 1931.

The body of gangster Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd is shown propped
on a slab in the county morgue in East Liverpool, Ohio.

On this day in 2002, bus driver Conrad Johnson was shot at 5:56 a.m. while standing on the steps of his bus at the 14100 block of Grand Pre Road in
Aspen Hill, Maryland. He was the last victim in the D.C. Sniper shootings.

The snipers

Pablo Casals (Pau Casals i Defilló)
(December 29, 1876 – October 22, 1973)

Pablo Casals was a cellist, composer, and conductor from Catalonia,
Spain. He is generally regarded as the pre-eminent cellist of the first
half of the 20th century, and one of the greatest cellists of all time. He
made many recordings throughout his career and was awarded the
Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy.

SANDY KOZELL

Wiley Post ended his around-the-world flight on this day in 1933. He
had traveled 15,596 miles in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes.

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Wiley Hardeman Post (November 22, 1898 – August 15, 1935)

It was on this day in 1934 when the Depression-era gangster was
killed by federal agents.

John Herbert Dillinger
(June 22, 1903 – July 22, 1934)

In northern Iraq on this day in 2003, Saddam Hussein’s sons
Odai and Qusai died after a gunfight with U.S. forces.

The September 11 commission’s final report was released on this day
in 2004. The 575-page report concluded that hijackers exploited “deep institutional failings within our government.” The report was released
to White House officials the day before.

The idea for this toy was born on this day in 1957.

MIKE GRACIA

On this day in 1945.

Heinrich Himmler lies dead after chewing on a cyanide capsule
while under British arrest.

Israel announced the capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina
on this day in 1960.

In Bienville Parish, LA, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were
ambushed and killed by Texas Rangers. The bank robbers
were driving a stolen Ford Deluxe.

John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937)

CAMILLE BOHANNON

Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790)