MIKE GRACIA

On this day in 1945.

Heinrich Himmler lies dead after chewing on a cyanide capsule
while under British arrest.

Israel announced the capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina
on this day in 1960.

In Bienville Parish, LA, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were
ambushed and killed by Texas Rangers. The bank robbers
were driving a stolen Ford Deluxe.

John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937)

ED DONAHUE

From left: Count Galeazzo Ciano, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
and Nazi Germany’s Adolf Hitler signing the Pact of Steel.

President Richard M. Nixon (left) shakes hands with
Communist Party leader Leonid Brezhnev on this
day in 1972.

It was on this day in 1992.

SANDY KOZEL

Central Pacific and Union Pacific Rail Roads meet in Promontory,
UT on this day in 1869. A golden spike was driven in the track at
the celebration of the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S.

            
                The identical twin of  the Last Spike.

The Nazis staged massive public book burnings in Germany on
this day in 1933.

Nelson Mandela was sworn in as South Africa’s first black president
on this day in 1994.

Bono (Paul David Hewson) is 57 years old today.

Bono is the front man of U2, known for such hits as "Sunday
Bloody Sunday" and "Beautiful Day." The band has earned
over 20 Grammy Awards and has sold over 150 million
records. He is also a well-known philanthropist who has
championed causes in his native Ireland, in Africa, and all
over the world.

He spent his childhood singing. Growing up on O’Connell
Street in a suburb of Dublin, he earned his nickname "Bono"
from the phrase "Bono Vox of O’Connell Street," which means
"good voice of O’Connell Street."  He was named the Time
Person of the Year in 2005, along with Bill and Melinda Gates.

SANDY KOZEL

On this day in 1945

It was on this day in 1886.

The Coca-Cola logo was created by John Pemberton’s bookkeeper,
Frank Mason Robinson, in 1885. Robinson came up with the name
and chose the logo’s distinctive cursive script.

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

SANDY KOZEL

Nazi Germany’s capital Berlin falls in World War II on this day in
1945 after 12 days of fierce house-to-house fighting.

The Death of one of the most diversely talented individuals ever
to have lived, Leonardo Da Vinci, was on this day in 1519.

Leonardo Da Vinci’s last words were: "I have offended God and
mankind. My work did not reach the quality it should have."

It was on this day in 1863

           
             John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972)