MIKE GRACIA

Ronald William Howard is a director, producer, screenwriter,
and actor. He first came to prominence as a child actor,
guest-starring in several television series, including an
episode of The Twilight Zone. 


He is best known for playing young Opie Taylor, the son 
of Sheriff Andy Taylor (played by Andy Griffith) in the
sitcom The Andy Griffith Show from 1960 through 1968. He
is 69 years old today.  

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CAMILLE
BOHANNON

Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr., walking on the deck of the aircraft
carrier USS Champlain on May 5, 1961, after the return of his
Mercury spacecraft Freedom 7 (in background) from the first
manned suborbital al flight.

President John F. Kennedy (right) congratulates astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., (left) the first American in space, on his historic May
5th, 1961 ride in the Freedom 7 spacecraft and presents him with
the NASA Distinguished Service Award. 

Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998)

MIKE  GRACIA

On this day in 1932, the 22-month-old son (right) of aviator Charles Lindbergh (left) was kidnapped. The child was found dead in May.

Bruno Richard Hauptmann
(November 26, 1899 – April 3, 1936)

The Andy Griffith Show aired on CBS from
October 3, 1960, to April 1, 1968.

Ronald William Howard is 65 years-old today.

Happy Days, the original television sitcom aired first-run
from January 15, 1974 to September 24, 1984 on ABC,

CAMILLE BOHANNON

Alan Shepard became the first American in space when he made a
15 minute suborbital flight on this day in 1961.

Napoléon Bonaparte (August 15, 1769 – May 5, 1821)

Napoleon was a French statesman and military leader who rose to
prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful
campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars. He was Emperor
of the French from 1804 until 1814.

Death of Napoleon the Great, French engraving from 1828.

Napoleon on his death bed. It is said       
he died of stomach cancer.

Napoleon’s tomb at Les Invalides.

Karl Marx  (May 5, 1818 – March 14, 1883)

Karl Marx was a renowned German political theorist,
philosopher, and economist. He penned both Das
Kapital and The Communist Manifesto. He attended
both the University of Bonn and the University of
Berlin.

A bust of Karl Marx at the garden of the Karl
Marx House museum in Trier, Germany.

Robert Gerard Sands (March 9, 1954 – May 5, 1981)

Bobby Sands (member of the provisional IRA – Irish
Republican Army: died following a hunger strike on
this day in 1981.

Music Hall was dedicated in New York City on this day in 1891. It was later renamed Carnegie Hall.

A ticket from the opening-night concert.

MIKE GRACIA

The 22-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh was kidnapped
on this day in 1932. The child was found dead in May.

Bruno Richard Hauptmann was convicted and executed
for the kidnapping and murder of baby Lindbergh.

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was captured by CIA and Pakistani
agents near Islamabad on this day in 2003. He was the suspected
mastermind behind the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001 (below).

On this day in 1981, Bobby Sands (above) who was a member
of the Provisional Irish Republican Army began a hunger strike
while imprisoned at HM Prison Maze after being sentenced for
firearms possession. He eventually died May 5, 1981 at age 27.

The Peace Corps was established on this day in 1961 by President Kennedy (pictured signing the act).

Ronald William Howard is 64 years old today.

Director, producer, and actor Ron Howard first became known as Andy
Griffith‘s son Opie on The Andy Griffith Show on CBS from 1960-1968 
and also played teenager Richie Cunningham on Happy Days on ABC
from 1974-1984. His 2001 film A Beautiful Mind received the Academy
Award for Best Picture and earned Howard the Academy Award for
Best Director. He also directed the 1995 film Apollo 13.

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