ED DANAHUE
The U.S. Supreme Court on this day in 2000 found that the recount ordered by the Florida Supreme Court in the 2000 Presidential
election was unconstitutional. Vice President Al Gore conceded
the election to Texas Gov. George W. Bush the next day.
Vera Katz (Vera Pistrak) ( August 3, 1933 – December 11, 2017)
Vera Katz was the first woman to serve as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives (1985–1990) and was the 49th mayor of Portland, Oregon
(1993 – 2005). Since leaving office, she had continued to battle cancer.
Vera Katz was born in Düsseldorf, Germany. She immigrated to the United
States with her family after World War II and settled in New York City where
she grew up. Katz moved to Portland, Oregon in 1962.
CARLATA BRADLEY
Jefferson Davis died in New Orleans on this day in 1889. He was the
first and only president of the Confederate States of America.
It was rock ‘n’ roll’s darkest day, Saturday December 6, 1969,
when the Rolling Stones decided to play a ‘free’ concert at the
abandoned Altamont Speedway some 60 miles east of San
Francisco. Four people ended up dead.
America’s first attempt at putting a satellite into orbit failed when the satellite blew up on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, FL. on this
day in 1957.
David Warren Brubeck
(December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012)
Dave Brubeck was an jazz pianist and composer, considered to be
one of the foremost exponents of cool jazz. He wrote a number of
jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke”.
MIKE GRACIA
On this day in 1978, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk, a gay-rights activist, were shot to death
inside City Hall by Dan White, a former supervisor.
From left: Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone.
Dan White
On this day in 1973, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Gerald R. Ford
as vice president after the resignation of Spiro T. Agnew (below).
From left: Gerald Ford and President Richard Nixon.
French surgeons performed the world’s first face transplant on this
day in 2005. The patient, a 38-year-old woman, had been gravely disfigured by her dog, which had been trying to revive her after a
suicide attempt.
Isabelle Dinoire’s first public appearance since her partial face transplant.
TIM MAGUIRE
On this day in 1945, 24 Nazi leaders went before an international war crimes tribunal (below) in Nuremberg, Germany.
Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968)
Robert Kennedy was a U.S. Senator from New York and Attorney General under
his brother John‘s administration who was assassinated in 1968 while he was
running for president. He spearheaded many of the civil rights initiatives that the
Kennedy Administration put forward.
Shortly before his 18th birthday, he enlisted in the Naval Reserve as an apprentice
seaman and later graduated from Harvard College and the University of Virginia
School of Law.
Britain’s Princess Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh in Westminster Abbey on this day in 1947.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip today.
Spain’s Dictator Francisco Franco died on this day in 1975. He
had been suffering from a number of health problems over the
years, including Parkinson’s disease. He was 82.
Francisco I. Madero led a revolution that broke out in Mexico on this
day in 1910.
The musical CABARET opened on Broadway at the Broadhurst
Theatre on this day in 1966.
Joel Grey, center, and the original 1966 Broadway cast of "Cabaret."
