Melvin Emery Patton (November 16, 1924 – May 9, 2014) was an
American sprinter, who set the world record of 9.2 seconds in
the 100 yard dash in 1948. He also set a 220 yd. world record
in 1949 on a straightaway of 20.2, breaking the record held by
Jesse Owens.                                                                                

Patton won two gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He
was ranked first in the world in the 100 m and 200 m events in
1947 and 1949.

Patton was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of
Fame in 1985, and died in Fallbrook, California.

Wembley, one of the largest tie manufacturers in the U.S.,
was founded in 1936 in New Orleans.

THE SATURDAY EVENING POST

On June 12, 1987, in one of his most famous Cold War speeches, President Ronald Reagan challenged Soviet Leader Mikhail
Gorbachev to “tear down” the Berlin Wall, a symbol of the
repressive Communist era in a divided Germany.

Nicole Brown Simpson, famous football player O.J. Simpson’s
ex-wife, and her friend Ron Goldman were brutally stabbed to
death outside Nicole’s home in Brentwood, California, in what
quickly became one of the most highly publicized trials of the
century.

With overwhelming evidence against him, including a prior
record of domestic violence towards Brown, O.J. Simpson
became the chief suspect.

Although he had agreed to turn himself in, Simpson escaped
with friend A.C. Cowlings in his white Ford Bronco on June 17.