ROSS SIMPSON
It was on this day in 1978.
Massachusetts High Court rules gay couples can marry on this day
in 2003.
The first sound-synchronized animated cartoon premiered in New
York on this day in 1928. It was Walt Disney’s "Steamboat Willie”,
starring Mickey Mouse.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
On this day in 1966, Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard was acquitted in his
second trial of charges he had murdered his pregnant wife, Marilyn,
in 1954.
The United States and the Soviet Union established diplomatic
relations for the first time on this day in 1933.
William Christian Bullitt, Jr. (January 25, 1891 – February 15, 1967)
On this day in 2001, a second Anthrax letter found addressed to
Capitol Hill.
A hazmat team at the Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.
William Holden (William Franklin Beedle Jr.)
(April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981)
According to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s autopsy
report, Holden was alone and intoxicated in his apartment
in Santa Monica, California, on November 12, 1981, when
he slipped on a rug, severely lacerating his forehead on a
bedside table, and bled to death. His body was found four
days later on this day in 1981.
William Holden in The Wild Bunch (1969)
The musical "The Sound of Music" opened on Broadway at the
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on this day in 1959.
ED DONAHUE
The Battle of Saratoga was won by American soldiers during the Revolutionary War on this day in 1777.
A picture from the Police Gazette, showing a dying
President Garfield being comforted by his wife
Lucretia on this day in 1881.
On this day in 1934.
Bruno Richard Hauptmann (1899-1936) arrested as
a suspect in the Lindbergh kidnapping.
Charles Lindbergh Jr.
On this day in 1995.
Theodore John Kaczynski turned 75 in May.
The CBS sitcom debuted on this day in 1970 and ran
till March 19, 1977. It is one of the most acclaimed TV
programs in US television history. It received high
praise from critics during its run, including Emmy
Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series three years
in a row (1975–77), and continued to be honored long
after the final episode aired. In 2013, the Writers Guild
of America ranked The Mary Tyler Moore Show No. 6
in its list of the 101 Best Written TV Series of All Time
Mary Tyler Moore (December 29, 1936 – January 25, 2017)
ED DANAHUE
On this day in 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his "I Have
a Dream" speech at a civil rights rally in Washington, D.C. where
more than 200,000 people attended.
It was on this day in 1968.
Emmett Till was a 14-year-old African-American who was lynched in Mississippi after offending a white woman in a grocery store on this
day in 1955.
Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955)
A divorce decree was issued for Britain’s Prince Charles
and Princess Diana on this day in 1996. This made the
end of the couples 15-year marriage official.
ED DANAHUE
It erupted on this day in 1883.
The first oil well was successfully drilled in the U.S. by Colonel Edwin
L. Drake (right) near Titusville, PA. on this day in 1859.
On this day in 1979
Brian Samuel Epstein (September 19, 1934 – August 27, 1967)
Epstein died of an overdose of Carbitral, a form of barbiturate or sleeping pill,
while in his locked bedroom. It was later revealed alcohol was also found in
his system. His was discovered unresponsive by police who had been called
by his housekeeper.
Manager Brian Epstein (center) with the Beatles.
