ROSS SIMPSON

On this day in 1967, Israel and Syria agreed to a cease-fire that
ended the Six-Day War.

The Army of Yugoslavia began withdrawal from Kosovo on this
day in 1999. NATO had suspended air strikes in Yugoslavia after
Slobodan Milosevic agreed to the withdrawal.  

Alcoholic Anonymous was founded by Dr. Robert Smith (left) and
William G. Wilson on this day in 1935.

Little girl Garland

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Judy Garland (Frances Ethel Gumm)
(June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969)

Judy Garland began performing vaudeville
at the age of two and a half.

She received a Grammy Lifetime
Achievement Award posthumously
in 1997.

It was on this day in 2004.

Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004)

CAMILLE BOHANNON

The D-Day invasion of Europe took place on the beaches of
Normandy, France on this day in 1944. Approximately 400,000
Allied American, British and Canadian troops were involved.

Israeli armored vehicles in Beirut during the 1982 invasion on this
day in 1982.

It was on this day in 1933, the first drive-in movie theater opened
in Camden, NJ.

CAMILLE BOHANNON

Chinese army troops storm Tiananmen Square, this day in 1989.

The Battle of Midway began on this day in 1942. It was the first
major victory for America over Japan during World War II.

On this day in 1896, Henry Ford made a successful test drive of
his new car called the “Horseless Carriage” in Detroit, MI.  

It was on this day in 1783.

Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier: inventors of the
first hot air balloons.

Bruce Springsteen released his "Born in the U.S.A." album on this
day in 1984.

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (“The Boss”)
will turn 68 on September 23.

Jefferson Finis Davis
(June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889)

Jefferson Davis was President of the Confederate
States of America from its beginning in 1861 to its
collapse in 1865. His 1881 memoir The Rise and
Fall of the Confederate Government helped restore
his reputation after the war and he is now an icon
and symbol of pride for many Southerners.

Morgan Freeman was born in Memphis, Tennessee.

When Morgan Freeman was nine years old, he played the lead role in a
school play. He turned down a drama scholarship at Jason State University
to work as a radar mechanic in the U.S. Air Force in 1955. Freeman won an
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the Clint Eastwood
film Million Dollar Baby in 2005.

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