ED DANAHUE

On this day in 1954, the U.S. Senate voted to condemn Sen. Joseph
R. McCarthy for what it called "conduct that tends to bring the
Senate into dishonor and disrepute." The censure  was related to McCarthy’s controversial investigation of suspected communists
in the U.S. government, military and civilian society.

A self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated by Dr.
Enrico Fermi (below) and his staff at the University of Chicago on
this day in 1942.

On this day in 2001, Enron Corp. filed for Chapter 11 reorganization
five days after Dynegy walked away from a $8.4 billion buyout. It was
the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history.

On this day in 1993.

On the day in 1982, Doctors at the University of Utah implanted a permanent artificial heart in the chest of retired dentist Barney
Clark (below). He lived 112 days with the device. The operation
was the first of its kind.

Seattle dentist Barney Clark and Dr. William C. DeVries.

TIM MAGUIRE

On this day in 1998 James Byrd (above) was killed in Jasper TX
when he was picked up three white men while hitch-hiking. He
was beaten and chained behind their pick-up truck (below) and
dragged for three miles.

Takeover was complete on this day in 1948.

On this day in 1972, the musical "Grease" opened on Broadway.

Grease closed on Feb. 23, 1997 to make way for a revival of Annie.

ED DANAHUE

Joseph Raymond "Joe" McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957)

CAMILLE 
          BOHANNON

Brando at 6 years old.

SANDY KOZEL

Reba Nell McEntire is 61 today.

Reba McEntire was in the family singing group "the Singing McEntires"
as a child. Red Steagall discovered her during her performance of the
National Anthem at the National Rodeo in Oklahoma City when she was
a sophomore in college. She has sometimes been referred to as "The
Queen of Country” and is one of the best-selling artists of all time,
having sold more than 85 million records worldwide.