ED DANAHUE

Noblemen in Russia murdered Gregory Rasputin on this day in 1916.

The U.S. Seventh Cavalry massacred over 400 men, women and
children at Wounded Knee Creek, SD. on this day in 1890. This
was the last major conflict between Indians and U.S. troops.

President James Polk (above) signed legislation making Texas
the 28th state of the United States on this day in 1845.

On this day in 1989, dissident playwright Vaclav Havel was elected president of Czechoslovakia by the country’s Federal Assembly. He
was the first non-Communist to hold the position in more than four decades.

The first American Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) was organized, in Boston, MA. on this day in 1851.

ROSS SIMPSON

Under the Indian Ocean, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake sent 500-mph
waves across the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal on this day in
2004. The tsunami killed at least 283,000 people in a dozen
countries, including Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Sumatra, Thailand
and India.

Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey was found beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her family’s home in Boulder,
CO on this day in 1996.

On this day in 1941, Winston Churchill became the first British prime minister to address a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress.

Tennessee Williams’ play "The Glass Menagerie"
was first performed publicly, at the Civic Theatre
in Chicago, IL. on this day in 1944.

Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972)

Truman served as the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953),
taking the office upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

On December 5, 1972, Truman was admitted to Kansas City’s Research
Hospital and Medical Center with lung congestion from pneumonia. He
developed multiple organ failure and died at 7:50 am on December 26
at the age of 88.

Although one paper decided early that Dewey won, Truman was victorious, November 4, 1948.

TIM MAGUIRE

On this day in 1963, Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby shot and
killed Lee Harvey Oswald live on national television.

On this day in 1859, Charles Darwin, a British naturalist, published
"On the Origin of Species." It was the paper in which he explained
his theory of evolution through the process of natural selection.

Hijacker Dan Cooper, known as D.B. Cooper, parachuted from a Northwest Airlines 727 over Washington state with $200,000
ransom money on this day in 1971.  

From left: Northwest Airlines First Officer Bill Rataczak, Captain Bill
Scott and Flight attendant Tina Mucklow talk to the media. 

Freddie Mercury of Queen died of AIDS complications at the age
of 45 on this day in 1991.

Farrokh "Freddie" Mercury (Bulsara)

Charles Milles Manson (Charles Milles Maddox)
(November 12, 1934 – November 19, 2017)

(Fox News)  – Charles Manson, the hippie cult leader who became the hypnotic-
eyed face of evil across America after orchestrating the gruesome murders of
pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six others in Los Angeles during the summer
of 1969, died Sunday after nearly a half-century in prison.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement
Manson died of natural causes at 8:13 p.m. Sunday at Kern County hospital,

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.