James Riddle Hoffa
(born February 14, 1913 – disappeared July 30, 1975)
(declared dead July 30, 1982)

On July 29, 1921, Adolf Hitler became the leader of the National
Socialist German Workers’ (Nazi) Party. Under Hitler, the Nazi
Party grew into a mass movement and ruled Germany as a
totalitarian state from 1933 to 1945.

Hitler’s early years did not seem to predict his rise as a political
leader. Born on April 20, 1889, in Braunau am Inn, Austria, he
was a poor student and never graduated from high school.

During World War I, he joined a Bavarian regiment of the German
army and was considered a brave soldier, but his commanders
felt he lacked leadership potential and never promoted him beyond corporal.

TIM MAGUIRE

Author Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker is 78 today.

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
(30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965)

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, the British leader who
guided Great Britain and the Allies through the crisis of World
War II, died in London at the age of 90.

On the morning of July 31, 1975, James Riddle Hoffa, one of
the most influential American labor leaders of the 20th century,
was officially reported missing after he failed to return home
the previous night. Though he is popularly believed to have
been the victim of a Mafia hit, conclusive evidence was never
found and Hoffa’s fate remains a mystery to this day.