ED DANAHUE

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
 
On this day in 2001.
   

On this day in 1943 during World War II, Benito Mussolini (center) 
was taken by German paratroopers from the Italian government
that was holding him.

On this day in 1953, U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy married
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier.

South African anti-apartheid activist Stephen Biko died at the age
of 30 on this day in 1977. The student leader died while in police
custody which triggered an international outcry.

Mourners surround Biko’s coffin in his home in the black township
of Ginsberg, South Africa.

John R. Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003)

TIM MAGUIRE

President Gerald Ford granted an unconditional pardon to former President Richard Nixon on this day in 1974.   

It began on this day in 1941.

The Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British, who then
renamed it New York on this day in 1664. 

NBC-TV aired the first episode of "Star Trek" entitled "The Man Trap"
on this day in 1966. The show was canceled on September 2, 1969.

Isaac Sidney "Sid" Caesar
(September 8, 1922 – February 12, 2014)

The comedy team of Carl Reiner, Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca.

TIM MAGUIRE

London received its initial rain of bombs from Nazi Germany during World War II on this day in 1940.

The military dictator and President of the Democratic
Republic of the Congo died on this day in 1997.

The Panama Canal treaties were signed by U.S. President Carter
(left) and General Omar Torrijos Herrera on this day in 1977. The
treaties  called for the U.S. to turn over control of the canal’s
waterway to Panama in the year 2000.       


        
      
      
      
      
   

ESPN, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network,
made its debut on cable TV on this day in 1979.

The National Professional Football Hall of Fame was dedicated
in Canton, OH on this day in 1963.

Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holley)
(September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959)

Buddy Holly was a singer, songwriter, and guitarist
who along The Crickets pioneered rock with "That’ll
Be the Day," which topped the Billboard Best Sellers.   

CAMILLE BOHANNON

British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, in a radio broadcast, announced that Britain and France had declared war on  Nazi
Germany. Germany had invaded Poland on September 1.

The Revolutionary War between the U.S. and Great Britain ended
with the Treaty of Paris on this day in 1783.

Treaty of Paris original document.

End of the hostage crisis on this day in 2004.

The NASA spacecraft Viking 2 landed on Mars on this day in 1976. The unmanned spacecraft took the first close-up, color photos of the
planet’s surface.

Vincent Thomas Lombardi
(June 11, 1913 – September 3, 1970)

Vince Lombardi died in Washington, D.C. of cancer on
Thursday morning, September 3, 1970. He was 57.  
  
 

CAMILLE BOHANNON

World War II began on this day in 1939 when Nazi Germany invaded Poland.

It happened on this day in 1983.

Korean Air Lines 747, Flight 007, was shot down over the Sahakin Islands.

America’s Bobby Fischer (right) beat Russia’s Boris Spassky to
become world chess champion on this day in 1972. The chess
match took place in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Robert James "Bobby" Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008)

Young Gloria and her mother.

      
      
      
      
      
      
Gloria Estefan (Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García) is 60 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." She once worked with the Miami International Airport Customs Department while in college. She was approached by the CIA for the job because
of her prowess with language. Gloria has won seven Grammy Awards, including
one for Best Tropical Latin Album in 1993 for Mi Tierra.