CAMILLE BOHANNON
It was on this day in 1972.
The British took Bunker Hill outside of Boston on this day.
On this day in 1994.
Kate Smith (Kathryn Elizabeth Smith)
(May 1, 1907 – June 17, 1986)
Kate Smith was known as The First Lady of Radio, who is remembered
for her rendition of Irving Berlin‘s "God Bless America". She had
a radio, television, and recording career spanning five decades.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
It was on this day in 1940, as Paris became occupied, loud speakers
announced the implementation of a curfew being imposed for 8 pm.
The main gate of the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland.
The Nazis also opened their concentration camp at Auschwitz in German-
occupied Poland on this day in 1940.
Robert Dean Stethem (November 17, 1961 – June 15, 1985)
Stethem was a U.S. Navy Seabee who was murdered by Hezbollah terrorists
while aboard flight 847 during the hijacking.
The Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopted the "Stars and Stripes"
as the national flag of the United States. The Resolution stated "Resolved:
that the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red
and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, that would
represent a new Constellation."
On May 20, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson officially proclaimed
June 14 "Flag Day" as a commemoration of the "Stars and Stripes."
Donald John Trump is 71 years old today. He is the 45th, current President of the United States.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
On this day in 1963
Medgar Wiley Evers (July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963)
It was on this day in 1978.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was dedicated in Cooperstown, New York.
SANDY KOZEL
The Dionne quintuplets were born on this day in 1934 near
Callender, Ontario, to Olivia and Elzire Dionne. The babies
were the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
The Dionne Quints, grown up at 18 in 1952.
The remaining Dionne Quintuplets of Canada.
Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964)
Ian Fleming was an English author, journalist and naval intelligence officer
who is best known for his James Bond series of spy novels.
Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew
Patrick David) (June 23, 1894 – May 28, 1972)
National League club owners voted on this day in 1957 to allow the Brooklyn
Dodgers to move to Los Angeles and that the New York Giants could move
to San Francisco.
SANDY KOZELL
It was on this day in 1927.
On this day in 1924, fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks was murdered in a
"thrill killing" committed by Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb. The
killers were students at the University of Chicago.
Nathan Leopold (left) and his partner Richard Loeb. (right) confessed
that they had kidnapped and murdered Bobby Franks solely for the
thrill of the experience.
Founded on this day in 1881.
