SANDY KOZEL
Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973)
Johnson served as the 36th president of the United States
from 1963 to 1969.
He holds the distinction of being one of the few presidents
who served in all elected offices at the federal level.
JOHN BELMONT
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is an English singer,
songwriter, and television personality. He rose to
prominence during the 1970s as the lead vocalist
of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during
which period he adopted the nickname "Prince of
Darkness". He’s 73 years old today.
SANDY KOZEL
In 1876: __Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call
in his Boston laboratory, summoning his assistant, Thomas A.
Watson, from the next room.
CARLATA BRADLEY
On this day in 1962, the Soviet Union exchanged captured American U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers (seated) for the Soviet KGB spy Rudolph Ivanovich Abel (right) being held by the U.S.
Francis Gary Powers and a U2 recon aircraft .
The Glienicke bridge just after the Powers swap.
SANDY KOZEL
On this day in 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down state laws that had
been restricting abortions during the first six months of pregnancy. The case
(Roe vs. Wade) legalized abortion. The Court ruled, in a 7-2 decision, that
a woman’s right to choose an abortion was protected by the privacy rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
This is a 1972 photo of the United States Supreme court who decided on Roe
V. Wade. From left, front row : Associate Justice Potter Stewart; William O. Douglas;Chief Justice Warren Berger, Associate Justice William J. Brennan Jr.
and Byron A. White. Back row: Associate Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.;Thurgood
Marshall; Harry A. Blackmun; and William H. Rehnquist. (AP)
Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973)
Lyndon Johnson, often referred to by the initials LBJ, was an American
politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from
1963 to 1969. Formerly the 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963, he
assumed the presidency following the assassination of President John
F. Kennedy.
