MIKE GRACIA

A discotheque in Berlin was bombed by Libyan terrorists on this day
in 1986. The U.S. attacked Libya with warplanes in retaliation on April
15, 1986.

Ground crew prepares a 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft
for an air strike on Libya.

Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880 – April 5, 1964) 

It was on this day in 1964.

Douglas General MacArthur Address a Joint session of the U.S.
Congress on April 19, 1951 in Washington D. C.

It was on this day in 1976.

Hughes was an American business magnate, investor, record-setting pilot,
film director, and philanthropist, known during his lifetime as one of the
most financially successful individuals in the world.

Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976)

Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915)

Booker T. Washington was a educator, author, orator, and advisor to
presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington
was the dominant leader in the African-American community. He was
from the last generation of black American leaders born into slavery
and became the leading voice of former slaves and their descendants.

Booker T. Washington giving a lecture in Carnegie Hall, 1906. 

On this day in 1984, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Los Angeles Lakers)
became the all-time NBA regular season scoring leader when he
broke Wilt Chamberlain’s record of 31,419 career points.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.) will be 71
April 16.

Katie Couric became a CBS news anchor on this day in 2006.

ROSS SIMPSON

On this day in 1968, U.S. troops in Vietnam destroyed a village
consisting mostly of women and children. The event is known
as the My-Lai massacre.

William Laws Calley Jr. will be 75 in June.

Terry Anderson, an Associated Press newsman, was taken hostage
in Beirut on this day in 1985. He was released on December 4,1991.

Physicist Robert H. Goddard launched the first liquid-fuel rocket on
this day in 1926. Goddard is known as the father of modern rocketry.

Robert Hutchings Goddard
(October 5, 1882 – August 10, 1945)

Jerry Lewis (Joseph Levitch)  (March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017)

Comedian, actor, and muscular dystrophy telethon host Jerry Lewis 
formed one of history’s greatest comedy teams with Dean Martin. He
received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Los Angeles Film
Critics Association, The American Comedy Awards, and the Venice
Film Festival.

From left: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.

ROSS SIMPSON

Milosevic was found dead on this day in 2006.

Uncovered bodies of Bosnian genocide victims.

Mikhail Gorbachev was named the new chairman of the Soviet Communist Party on this day in 1985.

MacArthur left the Philippines on this day in 1942.

Album released on this day in 1970.

Déjà Vu features guest appearances by Jerry Garcia, who contributes some
of his patented pedal steel guitar action to “Teach Your Children,” and John Sebastian, whose harmonica can be heard on the title track. By Stephen
Stills’ estimation (in Crosby, Stills & Nash: The Authorized Biography), the
album took about 800 hours to record, all told, but given that it’s earned a
spot on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums list.

Sharon Yvonne Stone was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania. 

Actress Sharon Stone became famous for her role in the 1992 film Basic
Instinct. She also appeared in Martin Scorsese‘s Casino (1995). She won
a Golden Globe Award for her work in the movie.

DAVID MELENDY

Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers on
this day in1991. The scene was captured on amateur video.

The deadly L.A. rioting began almost immediately after jurors set the above officers, involved in the Rodney King beating, free on April 29,
1992.

Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922)

Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer,
and innovator who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone
and founding the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T)
in 1885.

Alexander Graham Bell places the first New York to Chicago call in
1892.

The "Star Spangled Banner," written by Francis Scott Key, was
adopted as the American national anthem on this day in 1931. The
song was originally a poem known as "Defense of Fort McHenry."

The first issue of Time magazine was published on this day in
1923 and featured Speaker Joseph G. Cannon on the cover. The
magazine was founded and originally run by Henry Luce (below).

Henry Robinson Luce
(April 3, 1898 – February 28, 1967)

Steve Fossett Completed his solo Around The World Flight without
refueling on this day in 2005.

James Stephen “Steve” Fossett
(April 22, 1944 – c. September 3, 2007)