SANDY KOZEL

On this day in 1868, the United States House of Representatives impeached President Andrew Johnson due to his attempt to
dismiss Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. The U.S. Senate later acquitted Johnson on May 26, 1868.

Edwin McMasters Stanton
(December 19, 1814 – December 24, 1869)

The impeachment trial against President Andrew Johnson opens
in the Senate Chambers.

George T. Brown, sergeant at arms of the Senate (left), serving the summons on President Andrew Johnson.

House Impeachment Managers.

TIM MAGUIRE

On this day in 1981, Iran released 52 Americans that had been held hostage for 444 days. The hostages were flown to Algeria and then
to a U.S. base in Wiesbaden, West Germany. The release occurred minutes after the U.S. presidency had passed from Jimmy Carter
to Ronald Reagan. The Iranians waited until the hour President
Reagan was sworn in before allowing the plane with the hostages
to take off.

President Ronald Reagan being sworn into office on this day1981.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy takes the Oath of Office and becomes the
35th President of the United States on this day in 1961. At age 43,
he is the youngest man and the first Roman Catholic ever elected, winning by one of the smallest margins of victory, only 115,000 
popular votes. Lyndon B. Johnson, 51, is his Vice President.

President John F. Kennedy During his inaugural speech on Jan. 20,
1961.

SANDY KOZEL

ED DANAHUE

Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy declared war on the United States on
this day in 1941. The U.S in turn declared war on the two countries.

The series Magnum, P.I. ran from this day in 1980 to 1988 during
its first-run broadcast on the CBS television network.  According
to the Nielsen ratings, the series consistently ranked in the top
twenty TV programs during the first five years of its original run.

The cast from left: Tom Selleck, Larry Manetti, John Hillerman, and
Roger E, Mosley.

A 1982 Ferrari 308 GTSi, driven by Tom Selleck and Larry Manetti in
TV series "Magnum P.I." is on display in the Petersen Automotive Museum.

 
Thomas William Selleck turned 73 January 29.

ROSS SIMPSON

On this day in 1973, Rose Mary Woods, told a federal court she was 
responsible for the 18-1/2 minute gap in a key Watergate tape. She demonstrates the stretch (above) that supposedly led to the deletion
on the tape. Woods was Nixon‘s personal secretary from his days in
Congress in 1951, through the end of his political career.

The motion picture "Casablanca" had its world premiere at the Hollywood Theater in New York City on this day in 1942.

A behind the scenes production still from “Casablanca”

The famous hangar 2 featured in the last scenes of "Casablanca,"
(below) as it looks today at Van Nuys Airport. It was built in 1928.