ROSS SIMPSON
On this day in 1940, France and Germany signed an armistice at Compiegne, on terms dictated by the Nazis.
On this day in 1945, during World War II, the battle for Okinawa
officially ended after 81 days.
It was on this day in 1938.
Joe Louis (the Brown Bomber) drops Max Schmeling to the canvas.
It was on this day in 1969.
On this day in 1987.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
It was on this day in 1893.
On this day in 1837, Queen Victoria ascended the British throne
following the death of her uncle, King William IV.
Race-related rioting erupted in Detroit, Michigan on this day in 1943
and Federal troops were sent in two days later to end the violence
that left more than 30 dead.
On this day in 1967, Muhammad Ali was convicted in Houston of violating Selective Service laws by refusing to be drafted. The U.S.Supreme Court later overturned the conviction.
Released on this day in 1975.
Considered one of the greatest films ever made, Jaws, directed by Steven Spielberg, was the prototypical summer blockbuster, with its release
regarded as a watershed moment in motion picture history. Jaws became
the highest-grossing film of all time until the release of Star Wars (1977).
Director Steven Spielberg.
Sergeant Stubby (1916 or 1917 – March 16, 1926)
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) — A new monument in Connecticut honors service animals — with a statue of one of the nation’s most famous war dogs.
The sculpture, "Stubby Salutes," was unveiled Saturday in Veterans Memorial
Park in Middletown.
SGT Stubby was a Boston-terrier mix that traveled to Europe with the U.S.
Army’s renown 26th "Yankee Division" during World War I.
Stubby became famous for warning soldiers of incoming gas attacks and
locating wounded soldiers on the battlefield, staying with them until help
arrived.
His story was the subject of a major animated movie last month, "Sgt. Stubby:
An American Hero."
The new bronze sculpture, created by artist Susan Bahary, is the culmination
of a three-decade effort to create a memorial, spearheaded by the family of
Robert Conroy, the army corporal who adopted Stubby during training.
Monument honoring famous WWI war dog SGT Stubby is dedicated.
ROSS SIMPSON
It was on this day in 1967.
On this day in 1999, NATO suspended air strikes in Yugoslavia after Slobodan Milosevic agreed to withdraw his forces from Kosovo.
Alcoholic Anonymous was founded by William G. Wilson and Dr.
Robert Smith on this day in 1935.
Dr. Robert Smith (Left) and William G. Wilson.
Judy Garland from the Wizard of Oz, 1939.
Judy Garland (Frances Ethel Gumm) (June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969)
Movie icon Judy Garland played Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz and became the youngest winner of the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement at the
age of 39. She was nominated for Academy Awards for her roles in the films
A Star is Born (1954) and Judgment at Nuremberg (1961). Judy Garland began
performing vaudeville at the age of two and a half. She received a Grammy
Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously in 1997.
Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004)
Among friends and fellow musicians singer Ray Charles preferred being
called "Brother Ray". He was often referred to as "The Genius". Charles
was blind from the age of seven. He pioneered the soul music genre
during the 1950s by combining blues, rhythm and blues, and gospel
styles into the music he recorded for Atlantic Records.
Ray Charles died at his home in Beverly Hills, California of complications
resulting from acute liver disease. He was 73.
Jerry Maren (Gerard Marenghi) (January 24, 1920 – May 2018)
Jerry Maren, the last living munchkin from the movie “Wizard of Oz” (1939)
has died. His niece ,Stacy Michelle Barrington told Fox News Maren died
more than a month ago but the family decided to hold off on sharing the
news with the media. (Fox News)
