ROSS SIMPSON
Actor Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. is 63 years old today.
Denzel Washington won an Academy Award for Best Actor for
his role in the 2001 film Training Day. He has starred in several
films based on true events such as Remember the Titans (2000),
Cry Freedom (1987), American Gangster (2007), Flight (2012),
and Malcolm X (1992).
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On this day in 1998, President Bill Clinton, America’s chief
executive, was impeached on two charges of perjury and
obstruction of justice by the U.S. House of Representatives,
becoming only the second president to be ordered to stand
trial in the Senate since Andrew Johnson in 1868.
President Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky pose for a photo in
the Oval Office.
President Bill Clinton speaks about the Monica Lewinsky scandal at
the White House on January 26, 1998 as First Lady Hillary Clinton
looks on.
On this day in 1972, Apollo 17 splashed down in the Pacific,
ending the Apollo program of manned lunar landings.
The three astronauts (from left to right – Eugene Cernan, Ronald
Evans and Harrison Schmitt) get the red-carpet welcome back.
SHIRLEY SMITH
Thomas A. Edison announced the invention of his phonograph on
this day in 1877.
On this day in 1973, President Richard M. Nixon‘s attorney, J. Fred
Buzhardt, announced the presence of an 18½-minute gap in one of
the White House tape recordings related to the Watergate case.
President Nixon (seated) and H.R. Haldeman in 1972.
On this day in 1934, the Cole Porter musical "Anything
Goes" opened on Broadway at the Alvin Theatre (now
known as the Neil Simon Theatre). The musical has
been revived several times in the U.S. and Britain and
has been filmed twice. It has long been a popular
choice for school and community productions.
Ethel Merman (Ethel Agnes Zimmermann)
(January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984)
TIM MAGUIRE
On this day in 1945, 24 Nazi leaders went before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany.
The judges panel during testimony at Nuremberg Trials.
Francisco I. Madero (below) led a revolution that broke out in Mexico
on this day in 1910.
The musical Cabaret opened on this day in 1966 at the Broadhurst Theater for a run of 1,166 performances.
Joel Grey, in the role of master of ceremonies during the "Money
Song" with the ensemble in the original Broadway musical Cabaret.
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.
Samuel Holmes "Sam" Sheppard
(December 29, 1923 – April 6, 1970)
On this day in 1959, the musical "The Sound of Music" opened on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
