SANDY KOZEL
State troopers and a sheriff’s posse broke up a march by civil rights demonstrators in Selma, AL. on this day in 1965.
On this day in 1936, Hitler sent German troops into the Rhineland in violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles.
Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999)
SANDY KOZEL
The U.S. House of Representatives impeached President Andrew Johnson due to his attempt to dismiss Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. The U.S. Senate later acquitted Johnson.
Artists depiction of President Andrew Johnson’s impeachment
trial.
First major meeting of what became known as the Nazi Party was on
this day in1920.
During World War II on this day in 1945, the Philippine capital of
Manila, was liberated by U.S. soldiers.
Japanese prisoners of war in Manila.
Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Britain’s Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer on this day in 1981.
On this day in 1999, Lauryn Hill won five Grammy awards for her
debut solo album (below) "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill."
Lauryn Noelle Hill will be 43 on May 26. She was born in East Orange,
New Jersey.
SANDY KOZEL
On this day in 1945, the 28th Regiment of the Fifth Marine Division of
the U.S. Marines reached the top of Mount Surabachi. A photograph
of these Marines raising the American flag was taken by Associated
Press photographer Joe Rosenthal (below).
Joe Rosenthal poses on top of Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima.
Joseph John Rosenthal
(October 9, 1911 – August 20, 2006)
During the Persian Gulf War on this day in 1991, ground forces
crossed the border of Saudi Arabia into the country of Iraq. Less
than four days later the war was over due to the surrender or
withdraw of Iraqi forces.
Iraqi troops emerge from heavily protected bunker to surrender
to gun-toting Saudi soldiers.
Scottish scientists cloned the first mammal, a sheep
called “Dolly”.
From left: The comedy team of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
At the Staples Center in Los Angeles on this day in 2000, Carlos
Santana received a record-tying eight Grammy’s. Michael Jackson
set the record back in 1984 when he won awards for "Thriller."
ROSS SIMPSON
Iraqi insurgents destroyed a Shite shrine’s golden dome on this day
in 2006.
The "Miracle on Ice" refers to a medal-round game during the men’s
ice hockey tournament at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid,
New York on this day in 1980. It was played between the hosting
United States, and the defending gold medalists, the Soviet Union.
It was on this day in 1987.
Andy Warhol (Andrew Warhola)
(August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987)
Warhol died in Manhattan at 6:32 a.m. on February 22, 1987
at age 58. According to news reports, he had been making
a good recovery from gallbladder surgery at New York
Hospital before dying in his sleep from a sudden post-
operative irregular heartbeat.
BRIAN THOMAS
During World War II on this day in 1945, about 30,000 U.S. Marines
landed on Iwo Jima.
On this day in 1942, President Roosevelt signed an executive order
giving the military the authority to relocate and intern Japanese-Americans.
On February 19, 1473, Nicolaus Copernicus is born in Torun, a city
in north-central Poland on the Vistula River. The father of modern astronomy, he was the first modern European scientist to propose
that Earth and other planets revolve around the sun.
The monument to Nicolaus Copernicus in Warsaw.
Deng Xiaoping of China died on t his day in 1997 at the age of
92. He was the last of China’s major revolutionaries.
William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. is 78 years old today.
Singer Smokey Robinson was with The Miracles who helped define
the Motown sound. He also played with The Five Chimes until 1972
and pursued a solo career. He released such popular songs as "A
Quiet Storm," "Tears of a Clown," "You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me,"
and "I Second That Emotion."
