TIM MAGUIRE
Victims bodies are carried from the wreckage of the 1900 hurricane in Galveston.
On this day in 1966, NBC-TV aired the first episode of "Star Trek"
entitled "The Man Trap". The series was canceled on September 2,
1969.
TIM MAGUIRE
Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holley)
(September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959)
Buddy Holly was a singer, songwriter, and guitarist who along
with his band The Crickets pioneered rock with "That’ll Be the
Day," which topped the Billboard Best Sellers list.
He won a talent contest when he was five years old for singing
"Have You Ever Gone Sailing (Down the River of Memories)."
CAMILLE BOHANNON
CAMILLE BOHANNON
World War II began when Germany invaded Poland on this day in 1939.
Hitler salutes as he oversees troops during the Nazi occupation of Poland.
It was on this day in 2004.
Russian President Vladimir Putin seen during his
televised address to the nation.
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It was on this day in 1983.
President Ronald Reagan condemning the Soviet attack on a Korean airliner.
On this day in 1972, America’s Bobby Fischer (right) beats Russia’s
Boris Spassky (left) to become world chess champion. The chess
match took place in Reykjavik, Iceland.
This undated photo provided by Heritage Auctions shows the chess board used by American Bobby Fischer and Soviet champ Boris
Spassky during their historic 1972 “Match of the Century.”
Gloria Estefan (Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo) is 61 years young
today.
Latin pop singer Gloria Estefan has sold more than one hundred million
records over the course of her career. She has released many #1 hits,
including "Don’t Wanna Lose You." Gloria once worked with the Miami
International Airport Customs Department while in college and was
approached by the CIA because of her prowess with language. She
has won seven Grammy Awards, including one for Best Tropical Latin
Album in 1993 for Mi Tierra.
SANDY KOZEL
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression treaty
on this day in 1939.
It was on this day in 1927, despite worldwide demonstrations in
support of their innocence, Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco
and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are executed for murder.
On April 15, 1920, a paymaster for a shoe company in South
Braintree, Massachusetts, was shot and killed along with his
guard.
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
Former priest John Geoghan, a notorious pedophile
whose case sparked the clergy molestation scandal
for 18 months, died on this day in 2003 after being
attacked at the state prison in Shirley.
It was on this day in 1926.
1921
Rudolph Valentino
(Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Pierre Filibert Guglielmi)
(May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926)
