SANDY KOZEL

On December 15, 1791, the new United States of America ratified the 
Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

Geronimo “the one who yawns” (June 16, 1829 – February 17, 1909)

On September 4, 1886, Apache leader Geronimo (above) surrendered to U.S.
government troops. For 30 years, the Native American warrior had battled
to protect his tribe’s homeland; however, by 1886 the Apaches were
exhausted and hopelessly outnumbered. General Nelson Miles accepted
Geronimo’s surrender, making him the last Native American warrior to
formally give in to U.S. forces and signaling the end of the Indian Wars
in the Southwest.

Nelson Appleton Miles (August 8, 1839 – May 15, 1925)

Geronimo and his warriors in the Sierra Madres of Mexico.

Geronimo (Mescalero-Chiricahua) “the one who yawns”
(June 1829 – February 17, 1909)

 Apache chief Geronimo and the Indians he led, surrendered in Skeleton
Canyon in Arizona to U.S. Gen. Nelson Miles. For 30 years, the mighty
Native American warrior had battled to protect his tribe’s homeland;
however, by 1886 the Apaches were exhausted and outnumbered. Gen.
Miles accepted Geronimo’s surrender, making him the last Indian warrior
to formally give in to U.S. forces and signaling the end of the Indian Wars
in the Southwest. Geronimo died of pneumonia on February 17, 1909, as
a prisoner of the United States at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Geronimo’s grave at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

SANDY KOZEL

President Harry Truman announcing World War II had ended in
Europe.

A V-E Day Celebration in New York City.

The Royal Family with Prime Minister Winston Churchill on the
balcony of Buckingham Palace on VE Day.

Militant American Indians who had held the South Dakota hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrendered on this day in 1973.

Members of the American Indian Movement keep guard during the occupation of Wounded Knee.

On this day in 1886, Pharmacist Dr. John Styth Pemberton invented
what would later be called "Coca-Cola."

Let It Be is the twelfth and final studio album by the Beatles. It was released on on this day in 1970, almost a month after the group’s
break-up.

From the last Beatles photo shoot.

The Beatles’ last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records
in London.

Originally inhabited by Native Americans, The Territory of Oregon was an 
organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from
August 14, 1848, until February 14, 1859, when the southwestern portion
of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Oregon.