ROSS SIMPSON
The "St. Valentine’s Day Massacre" took place in Chicago, IL on this
day in 1929. Seven gangsters who were rivals of Al Capone were
killed.
Gangster Alphonse Gabriel Capone
(January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947)
The section of the bullet-riddled wall as it stands today in the Mob Museum in Las Vegas.
MIKE GRACIA
(February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865)
Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer and politician. He served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in
April 1865. Lincoln led the nation through the Civil War, its bloodiest
war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. He preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the government,
and modernized the economy.
On May 18, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was
nominated as the Republican candidate
for President of the United States.
On this day in 1999, the U.S. Senate voted on whether to remove President Bill Clinton from office following an impeachment trial
which lasted five-weeks. Clinton was acquitted on both articles
of impeachment. On the first charge of perjury, 45 Democrats
and 10 Republicans voted “not guilty”and on the charge of
obstruction of justice the Senate was split 50-50.
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After the trial concluded, President Clinton said he was “profoundly sorry” for the burden his behavior imposed on Congress and the American people.
President Clinton heads back to the Oval Office after making his statement to the press.
CARLATA BRADLEY
On this day in 1990, Nelson Mandela was freed by South Africa after
27 years in captivity.
A bronze statue depicting former South African president Nelson Mandela as he walked to freedom outside the Groot Drakenstein
prison in Paarl.
On this day in 1945, during World War II, the Yalta Agreement was
signed by U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt (center) British Prime
Minister Winston Churchill (left) and Soviet leader Josef Stalin.
The leaders agreed to demand Germany’s unconditional surrender
and began plans for a post-war world. Most of the agreements were
initially kept secret, but the revelations of the conference particulars became controversial after Soviet-American wartime cooperation degenerated into the Cold War.
CARLATA BRADLEY
On this day in 1962, the Soviet Union exchanged captured U.S.
U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers (left) for the Soviet spy Rudolph
Ivanovich Abel (right) being held by the United States.
The Glienicke bridge just after the Powers swap.
TIM MAGUIRE
On this day in 1964, The Beatles made the first of three record-
breaking appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show." 73 million
people watched the show. It was their American TV debut.
During World War II on this day in 1943, the battle of Guadalcanal
ended with an American victory over Japanese forces.
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, February 9, 1943.
Some 60,000 Allies forces fought on the island between August 1942
and February 1943.
These Japanese prisoners were among those captured by American
forces on Guadalcanal Island.
