TIM MAGUIRE

MacArthur vs. Truman: The Showdown That Changed America
on this day in 1951.

It was on this day in 1814.

             Napoleon Bonaparte (August 15, 1769 – May 5, 1821) 

Idi Amin was deposed as president of Uganda as
rebels and exiles backed by Tanzanian forces
seized control on this day in 1979.

On this day in 1970, Apollo 13 blasted off on a mission
to the moon that was disrupted when an explosion
crippled the spacecraft. The astronauts did return
safely.

The Apollo 13 lunar landing mission crew: Commander James A.
Lovell Jr. (from left), Command Module pilot John L. Swigert Jr.
and Lunar Module pilot Fred W. Haise Jr.                                  (NASA)

The liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald was
on this day in 1945.

SANDY KOZEL

It was on this day in 2003.

Iraqis kick at the toppled statue of Saddam Hussein.

America’s first seven astronauts are announced to the world
during a NASA press conference held on this day in 1959.   

The wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles was
on this day in 2005.

Mariner 10 was a robotic space probe launched by NASA on November 3,
1973, to fly by the planets Mercury and Venus. The spacecraft flew past
Mercury three times with the first encounter taking place on March 29,
1974 (below). Mariner 10 was deactivated March 24, 1975.

Mercury in black and white.

Artists’ impression of the Mariner 10 mission.

BRIAN THOMAS

1959

Norman Perceval Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978)

Launch of space shuttle Discovery on it’s Maiden Voyage in 1995.

             
               Astronaut Eileen Collins at pilot’s station onboard
               shuttle Discovery.

CARLATA BRADLEY

2003

William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960)

Clark Gable worked at an Ohio tire company after dropping out of school
at age 16.