TIM MAGUIRE

On this day in 1923, Adolf Hitler (center) made his first attempt at seizing
power in Germany with a failed coup in Munich that came to be known as
the "Beer-Hall Putsch."

On this day in 1960, Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy was declared
the winner of the Presidential Election over Vice-President Richard
M. Nixon.

Ronald Reagan was elected governor of California on this day in
1966.

The newly elected Governor of California,
Ronald Reagan talks to the press with wife
Nancy by his side.

Blues singer-songwriter, musician, and activist Bonnie Lynn
Raitt is 68 today.

Raitt has received 10 Grammy Awards. She is listed as number 50 in Rolling
Stone‘s list of the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time” and number 89 on their
list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".

Led Zeppelin’s album "Led Zeppelin IV" was released on this day        
in 1971. The album included the song "Stairway to Heaven."

SANDY KOZEL

President Franklin Roosevelt won an unprecedented third term in
office on this day in 1940.  

Republican nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon, won the election over the Democratic nominee, incumbent Vice President
Hubert Humphrey on this  day in 1968.

Spiro Agnew and Richard Nixon — Aug. 16, 1968.

On this day in 1994, former President Ronald Reagan announced he
had Alzheimer’s disease.

On this day in 1994, George Foreman (left) became boxing’s oldest heavyweight champion when he knocked out Michael Moorer in
the 10th round of their WBA fight in Las Vegas, NV.

Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz
(September 18, 1903 – November 5, 1989)

Ukrainian-born American classical pianist and composer,
Vladimir Horowitz was acclaimed for his virtuoso technique, 
and the excitement produced by his playing made him one 
of the greatest pianists of all time.

CARLATA BRADLEY

On this day in 1986, The Ash-Shiraa, pro-Syrian Lebanese magazine, first
broke the story of U.S. arms sales to Iran to secure the release of seven
American hostages. The story turned into the Iran-Contra affair.

Lt. Col. Oliver North during the ‘Iran Contra Hearings’.

President Reagan (far right) meets with (left to right) Secretary of Defense
Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of State George Shultz, Attorney General
Ed Meese, and Chief of Staff Don Regan in the Oval Office.

Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens was elected
the 30th President of Chile on this day in 1970.

Carol Elizabeth Moseley Braun turned 70 in August.

Carol Moseley-Braun became the first African-American woman U.S. senator
on this day in 1992.

Minnesota elected Jesse "The Body" Ventura, a former pro wrestler, as its
governor on this day in 1998.

Jesse Ventura (James George Janos) turned 66 in July.

Walt Disney Productions (later The Walt Disney Company) has produced an
anthology television series under several different titles since 1954.

The original version of the series premiered on ABC on Wednesday, October
27, 1954. The show was broadcast weekly on one of the Big Three television
networks until 1990, a 36-year span with only a two-year hiatus from 1984 until
1985. The series was broadcast on Sunday for 25 of those years. From 1991
until 1997, the series aired infrequently and had only two hosts, Walt Disney
and Disney Chairman Michael Eisner. It is the second longest running prime-
time program on American television, behind rival film anthology, the Hallmark
Hall of Fame.

Film trade headline for January 11, 1954.

Walt Disney behind the camera.

Smokey Robinson and The Miracles recording of “I Second That Emotion”
peaked for three weeks in the United States at #4 on the Billboard pop
singles chart in December 1967. It became the Miracles highest charting
popular single since "Shop Around".

The song also topped the Billboard Black Singles Chart and was a million-
selling hit for The Miracles, their sixth overall.