Parents Day was established in 1994 when President Bill Clinton signed
a Congressional Resolution into law for "recognizing, uplifting, and
supporting the role of parents in the rearing of children."
President Bill Clinton signing the Congressional Resolution.
John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848)
John Quincy Adams was the sixth president of the United States who was
also an influential diplomat, Senator, and Congressional representative. His
skills as a diplomat set many historic precedents, including bringing an end
to the War of 1812 with the Treaty of Ghent and closing off North and South
America to European colonization with the Monroe Doctrine.
SANDY KOZEL
On this day in 1937 American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart disappeared in the Central Pacific during an attempt to fly
around the world at the equator.
James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881)
Charles J. Guiteau (below) fatally wounded U.S. President James A.
Garfield in Washington, DC.
James Garfield depicted on his deathbed.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
It was on this day in 1964.
On this day in 1834, Cyrus McCormick patented the first practical mechanical reaper for farming. His invention allowed farmers to
more than double their crop size.
On this day in 1982, a federal jury found John W. Hinckley Jr. not guilty of attempting to assassinate the president because he was legally insane at
the time he shot President Reagan and three others on March 30, 1981.
President Reagan waves, then looks up before being shoved (AP)
into Presidential limousine by Secret Service agents after
being shot outside a hotel in Washington in 1981.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
It was on this day in 1904.
King Hussein of Jordan married 26-year-old American Lisa Halaby, who
became Queen Noor on this day in 1978.
Ella Fitzgerald died this day in 1996.
