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Retired photographer Rocco Morabito

Ulysses S. Grant (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885)

On July 23, 1885, just after completing his memoirs, Civil War hero
and former president Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer. He
served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877.

Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx
(October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945)

Roosevelt served as the 32nd president of the United States
from 1933 until his death.

Last photograph of Roosevelt, taken April 11, 1945, the day before his death.

In the afternoon of April 12, 1945, in Warm Springs, Georgia,
while sitting for a portrait (below) Roosevelt said "I have a
terrific headache.” He then slumped forward in his chair,
unconscious, and was carried into his bedroom.

The president’s attending cardiologist, Dr. Howard Bruenn,
diagnosed the medical emergency as a massive intracerebral hemorrhage.

At 3:35 p.m. that day, Roosevelt died at the age of 63.      

  
  
 

The president died while poising for this portrait. Years
later the artist made a second, complete version from
photo’s and memory, the only difference, besides being complete, is the color of FDR’s necktie.

SHIRLEY SMITH

Thomas A. Edison announced he had devised a method to record
sound with the invention of his phonograph on this day in 1877. It ushered in a new era of music and spoken word.

Explorer  6

From the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida, the U.S.
unmanned spacecraft Explorer 6 is launched into an orbit around the
earth (above). The spacecraft, commonly known as the “Paddlewheel”
satellite, featured a photocell scanner that transmitted a crude picture
of the earth’s surface and cloud cover from a distance of 17,000 miles
and was received in Hawaii after nearly 40 minutes.

The first image taken by Explorer 6 shows a sunlit area of the
Central Pacific Ocean and its cloud cover.