Sonny Bono being sworn in as the Mayor of Palm Springs, CA.
Sonny Bono served four years as Mayor of Palm Springs from
1988 to 1992. He was instrumental in spearheading the creation
of the Palm Springs International Film Festival, which is held
each year in Bono’s memory. Sonny Bono was also elected
congressman for California’s 44th district from 1995 until his
death in 1998.
ED DONAHUE
The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, OK, was destroyed by a bomb on this day in 1995. It was the worst bombing
on U.S. territory. 168 people were killed including 19 children, and
500 were injured. Timothy McVeigh (below) was found guilty of the bombing on June 2, 1997.
The American Revolution began on this day in 1775 as fighting broke
out at Lexington, MA.
The Branch-Davidian’s compound in Waco, TX, burned to the ground
on this day in 1993. It was the end of a 51-day standoff between the
cult and U.S. federal agents. A total of 86 people were killed including
17 children. Nine of the Branch Davidians escaped the fire.
Cult leader David Koresh.
Actress Grace Kelly became Princess Grace of Monaco when she married Prince Rainier III of Monaco on this day in 1956.
The musical debuted on Broadway on this day in 2001.
TIM MAGUIRE
On this day in 1951, President Harry S.Truman (above) addressed the
Nation to announce the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur as
head of United Nations forces in Korea.
From left: President Harry S.Truman shakes hands with General
Douglas MacArthur at the Wake Island Conference in 1950.
Napoleon was forced to abdicate his throne on this day in 1814. The allied European nations had marched into Paris on March 30,
During World War II on this day in 1945, American soldiers liberated
the Nazi concentration camp of Buchenwald in Germany.
A group of survivors in Buchenwald at liberation.
Free Inmates of the concentration camp Buchenwald near Weimar, Germany, march to receive treatment at an American hospital after
the camp was liberated.
On this day in 1979, Idi Amin was deposed as president of Uganda
as rebels and exiles backed by Tanzanian forces seized control.
On this day in 1970, Apollo 13 blasted off on a mission to the moon
that was disrupted when an explosion crippled the spacecraft. The astronauts did return safely.
From left to right are mission commander Jim Lovell, command
module pilot John Swigert and lunar module pilot Fred W. Haise.
The crewmembers of Apollo 13 step aboard the USS Iwo Jima
following splashdown and recovery operations in the south
Pacific Ocean on April 17, 1970.
According to the Reagan Library, this photograph of President
Ronald Reagan shaking hands with a young Donald Trump
was taken at the White House on November 3, 1987 during a
reception for members of the “Friends of Art and Preservation
in Embassies” Foundation held in the Blue Room.
MIKE GRACIA
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978)
Japanese Chief Government Spokesman Koichi Kato issues an
official apology concerning World War ll sex slaves.
On this day in 1992, Japan apologized for forcing tens of thousands of Korean
women to serve as sex slaves or “comfort girls”, as they were called, for the
Japanese soldiers during World War II. He said, "We cannot deny that the
former Japanese army played a role" in abducting and detaining the "comfort
girls," and "We would like to express our apologies and contrition".
L. Douglas Wilder of Virginia, the nation’s first elected black
governor, took the oath of office in Richmond on this day in
1990.
Lawrence Douglas Wilder will turn 87 on January 17.
Emile Zola’s "J’accuse" was published in Paris on this day in 1898.
Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826 – January 13, 1864)
Foster is known as "the father of American music", was an American
songwriter known primarily for his parlor and minstrel music. Foster
wrote over 200 songs; among his best-known are "Oh! Susanna",
"Camptown Races", "My Old Kentucky Home", and "Beautiful
Dreamer".
