TIM MAGUIRE
Russia’s Bolshevik Revolution took place on this day in 1917. The provisional government of Alexander Kerensky was overthrown by forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.
Hillary Rodham Clinton made history as the first president’s wife to
win public office on this day in 2000. The state of New York elected
her to the U.S. Senate (New York).
A Florida election official tries to discern a voter’s intentions.
Hanging Chads: As the Florida Recount Implodes, the Supreme Court
Decides Bush v. Gore on this day in the 2000 Presidential election.
election. Bush narrowly won the election having 271 electoral votes
compared to Al Gores’s 266 electoral votes.
This election was between the republican George W. Bush (left) and
the democratic-incumbent vice president Albert Arnold Gore.
The middle section of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington
state collapsed during a windstorm on this day in 1940.
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge as it looks today.
On this day in 1991, Magic Johnson (standing) announced that he
had tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS, and that he was
retiring from playing basketball. He had been with the Los Angeles Lakers since 1979.
Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. turned 58 in August.
Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell is 74 today.
The Canadian singer-songwriter and painter Joni Mitchell is called by
Rolling Stone, "one of the greatest songwriters ever".
Since 2015, there have been conflicting reports about her current
health after she had suffered a brain aneurysm.
Mitchell made her first public appearance following the aneurysm
when she attended a Chick Corea concert in Los Angeles in August
2016.
William Franklin "Billy" Graham Jr. is 99 today.
Evangelical Christian evangelist Billy Graham has repeatedly been on Gallup’s
list of most admired men and women. He has appeared on the list 60 times since
1955, more than any other individual in the world.
From left: George Beverly Shea, Billy Graham, and Cliff Barrows,
the evangelistic trio in the late 1940s.
