SANDY KOZEL
Apollo 8 astronauts, James A. Lovell, William Anders and Frank
Borman, reached the moon on this day in 1968. They orbited the
moon 10 times before coming back to Earth. Seven months later
man first landed on the moon.
Apollo 8 crew members (from left) James A. Lovell Jr., William A.
Anders and Frank Borman.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
On this day in 1973, President Richard Nixon told an Associated
Press managing editors meeting in Orlando, FL, "people have
got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not
a crook."
The U.S. Congress held its first session in Washington, DC,
in the newly completed north wing of the unfinished Capitol
building (above) on this day in 1800. They moved from
Philadelphia.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
On this day in 1945, the Allies proclaimed V-J Day, victory over
Japan, a day after Japan agreed to surrender unconditionally.
Woodstock began on this day in 1969 at Max Yasqur’s
dairy farm in upstate New York.
Napoléon Bonaparte (August 15, 1769 – May 5, 1821)
Napoleon was the Emperor of France who rose to power in the aftermath of
the French Revolution in 1799 and waged war with every major European
power in a series of wars known as the Napoleonic Wars. After a series
of military failures he was finally defeated at the Battle of Waterloo in
1815 and spent the last 6 years of his life in exile on the island of St.
Helena.
On this day in 1947, India became independent from Britain and was divided into the countries of India and Pakistan. India had been
under British rule for about 200 years.
The Omagh bombing was a car bombing that took place on this day
in 1998 in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It was carried
out by a group calling themselves the Real Irish Republican Army,
a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) splinter group who
opposed the IRA’s ceasefire and the Good Friday Agreement.
An aerial view of the devastation caused in Omagh after the bombing.
The Panama Canal was officially opened to commercial traffic on
this day in 1914, as an American ship sailed from the Atlantic to
the Pacific Ocean. The first vessel to pass through the canal was
the American cargo and passenger ship SS Ancon.
A newly expanded Panama Canal in 1016.
"The Wizard of Oz" premiered in Hollywood, CA. on this day
in 1939. Judy Garland became famous for the movie’s song
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow."
Judy Garland (Frances Ethel Gumm) (June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969)
CAMILLE BOHANNON
On this day in 1984, President Ronald Reagan was preparing for his weekly radio broadcast when, during testing of the microphone, the President said of the Soviet Union, "My fellow Americans, I am
pleased to tell you that I just signed legislation that would outlaw
Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes."
In Bloomington, MN, the Mall of America opened on this day in 1992. It
was the largest shopping mall in the United States.
TIM MAGUIRE
On this day in 1963, U.S.President John Kennedy announced "Ich bin
ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner) at the Berlin Wall.
An estimated 250,000 people crammed a large Berlin square to hear President Kennedy speak at the 1963 rally.
On this day in 1945, the U.N. Charter was signed by 50 nations in San Francisco, CA.
The Human Genome Project and Celera Genomics Corp. jointly
announced that they had created a working draft of the human
genome.
The first section of the boardwalk in Atlantic City, NJ, was opened
to the public on this day in 1870.
Charlie Chaplin’s comedy "The Gold Rush" premiered in Hollywood
on this day in 1925.
