On this day in 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and White House
chief of staff H.R. Haldeman discussed a plan to use the CIA to
obstruct the FBI’s Watergate investigation. A tape recording of this meeting between the two men in the Oval Officebecame known as
the “Smoking Gun” tape.
President Richard Nixon (seated) meeting with Chief of Staff H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman in the White House.
On this day in 1940, Adolf Hitler (center) visits Paris after France falls
to Nazi Germany.
It was on this day in 1995 when Dr. Jonas Salk died from heart
failure.
TIME Magazine Cover: Dr. Jonas Salk — Mar. 29, 1954.
Jonas Edward Salk (October 28, 1914 – June 23, 1995)
Quincy Jones is an Influential record producer, arranger, and musician of many film scores, classic albums, and hit songs. He is perhaps best known for producing multiple albums by the great Michael Jackson, including 1982’s Thriller and 1987’s Bad. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013.
Michael Jackson (left) with “Q” (Quincy Jones).
Sir Michael Caine (Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr.) is 85 years old today.
Across his fifty-year career,Michael Caine has had roles in The Cider House Rules (1999), and The Italian Job (1969). He also played Bruce Wayne’s butler Alfred Pennyworth in The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005 – 2012). He served in the Korean War for the British Army and was knighted in 2000.
Michael Caine as Alfred in ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ (2012).
Eli Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin on this day in 1794.
On this day in 1995, American astronaut Norman Thagard (above) became the first American to enter space aboard a Russian rocket.
Norman Earl Thagard will turn 75 July 3. He retired in 1996.
On this day in 1986, Filippino President Ferdinand E. Marcos fled the Philippines after 20 years of rule following a tainted election.
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989)
Corazon Aquino, widow of slain opposition leader Benigno Aquino.
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev criticized the late Josef Stalin in a speech before a Communist Party congress in Moscow on this day in 1956.
Josef Stalin died in 1953.
On this day in 1836, Samuel Colt received U.S. Patent No. 138 (later 9430X) for a "revolving-cylinder pistol." It was his first patent.
On Feb. 25, 1964, 22-year-old Cassius Clay became the world heavyweight boxing champion, defeating Sonny Liston in an upset.
George Harrison(February 25, 1943-November 29, 2001)
George Harrison achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles,the best-selling band in history. He is often referred to as "the quiet Beatle".
On this day in 1957, nine black students attempt to attend Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. The situation turnedpotentially violentand President Eisenhower sent in the national Guard to escort the students to school.
The Ford Motor Company began selling the Edsel on this day in 1957. The car was so unpopular that it was taken off the market only two years.
Los Angeles, CA, was founded by Spanish settlers on this day in 1781. The original name was "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula," which translates as "The Town of the Queen of Angels."
Statue depicting Governor Felipe de Neve, in Los Angeles Plaza.
On this day in 1888, George Eastman registered the name "Kodak" and patented his roll-film camera (below). The camera took 100 exposures per roll.
The original Kodak camera, introduced by George Eastman.
George Eastman(July 12, 1854 – March 14, 1932)
On this day in 1972, swimmer Mark Spitz captured his seventh Olympic gold medal in the 400-meter medley relay event at Munich, Germany. Spitz was the first Olympian to win seven gold medals.
Mark Andrew Spitz turned 67 on February 10.
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter is 36 today.
Beyoncé is a former member of the R&B girl group Destiny’s Child who also became a widely successful solo artist. She has won a total of 22 Grammy Awards for songs such as "Single Ladies," "Drunk in Love" and "Crazy in Love." She won her first school talent show with her rendition of "Imagine" by John Lennon.
On this day in 1834, Cyrus McCormick patented the first practical mechanical reaper for farming. His invention allowed farmers to more than double their crop size.
On this day in 1982, a federal jury found John W. Hinckley Jr. not guilty of attempting to assassinate the president because he was legally insane at the time he shot President Reagan and three others on March 30, 1981.
President Reagan waves, then looks up before being shoved (AP) into Presidential limousine by Secret Service agents after being shot outside a hotel in Washington in 1981.
