CAMILLE BOHANNON

On this day in 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. It came three days after the bombing of Hiroshima. An estimated 74,000
people were killed. Japan surrendered August 14.

On this day in 1974, President Richard Nixon formally resigned and
Gerald R. Ford (below) took his place, becoming the 38th president
of the United States.

President and Mrs. Nixon left the White House after his resignation.

It was on this day in 1969.

From left: Charles Manson and his cult family.

Charles Milles Manson (Maddox)
(November 12, 1934 – November 19, 2017)

"Walden" was published by Henry David Thoreau on this
day in 1854.

Henry David Thoreau 
(July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862)

Jerome John Garcia  (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995)

As one of its founders, Jerry Garcia performed with the Grateful Dead
for their entire thirty-year career (1965–1995). He was well known for
his distinctive guitar playing and was ranked 13th in Rolling Stone‘s
"100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Garcia was staying in a drug
rehabilitation facility when he died of a heart attack at the age of 
53.

SANDY KOZEL

On this day in 1974, President Richard Nixon announced that he
would resign the following day.

The Great Train Robbery is the name given to a $45 million train
robbery committed on this day in 1963 at Bridego Railway.

Arrests soon followed the robbery. Here three men are taken to a
police van at Linslade Court House, Buckinghamshire, after being remanded in custody in late August 1963.

Gang member Bruce Reynolds, pictured here circa 1963 on 
the left with his wife Frances, Barbara Daly and brother-in-
law John Daly. Daly was arrested but released due to lack
of evidence.

It was on this day in 1942.

Actor Dustin Lee Hoffman is 81 today. He was born in 
Los Angeles, California.

Dustin Hoffman won the Academy Award for Best Actor in
1980 for Kramer vs. Kramer, and in 1989 for Rain Man. He
also played leading roles in the films Midnight Cowboy
(1969) and Tootsie (1982). Hoffman had his breakthrough
role as Benjamin Braddock in the 1967 classic film The
Graduate.

1995

    1976

JOHN BELMONT

On this day in 1964, the U.S. Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, which gave President Johnson broad powers in dealing
with reported North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. forces.

U.S. forces landed at Guadalcanal on this day in 1942, marking the
start of the first major allied offensive in the Pacific during World
War II.

U.S. Marines rest in the field during the Guadalcanal campaign.

On this day in 1947, the balsa wood raft Kon-Tiki, which had carried
a six-man crew (below) 4,300 miles across the Pacific Ocean,crashed
into a reef in a Polynesian archipelago.

On this day in 2007, at the Giants home AT&T Park in San Francisco, Berry Bonds hit a 435 foot (133 m) home run, his 756th, off a pitch
from Mike Bacsik of the Washington Nationals, breaking the all-
time career home run record, formerly held by Hank Aaron. Bonds,
was indicted later that year on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice for allegedly lying under oath to a federal grand jury looking
into steroid use among pro athletes.   

    
    
    
    
   

Barry Lamar Bonds turned 54 in July.

SANDY KOZEL

It was on this day in 1962.

Actress Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jeane Mortenson)
(June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962)

On Bedloe’s Island in New York Harbor on this day in 1884, the cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty was laid.

On this day in 1957, American Bandstand made its network debut on ABC-TV. The show was hosted by Dick Clark. Until this day the show
had been a local show in Philadelphia since 1952.

From left: singer Paul Anka and Bandstand host Dick Clark

CAMILLE BOHANNON

On this day in 1944, Nazi police raided a house in Amsterdam and arrested eight people. Anne Frank, a teenager at the time, was one
of the people arrested. Her diary (below) would be published after
her death in 1945. The exact cause of her death was not determined,
although in early 1945, a typhus epidemic spread through the labor
camp where the Frank women were being held, killing 17,000
prisoners.  Other diseases, including typhoid fever, were also 
rampant.

On this day in 1914, Britain declared war on Germany. The U.S. proclaimed its neutrality.

It was on this day in 1964.

The burned out station wagon that slain civil rights workers were
driving in is seen June, 1964 in the Bogue Chitto swamp.

It was on this day in 1892.

Lizzie Andrew Borden  (July 19, 1860 – June 1, 1927)

Andrew and Abby Borden (above) were axed to death
in their home (above) in Fall River, MA. Sunday school
teacher Lizzie Borden, Andrew Borden’s daughter from
a previous marriage, was accused of the killings, but
acquitted at trial.

Louis Daniel Armstrong  (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971)

Nicknamed Satchmo, Satch, and Pops, Louis Armstrong was an American trumpeter, composer, singer and occasional actor who was one of the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades, from the 1920s to 
the 1960s, and different eras in the history of jazz. In 2017, he was inducted
into the Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame.