ROSS SIMPSON

NBC’s "Today" show premiered on this day in 1952.

NBC built a "Today" show studio inside the RCA Exhibition
Hall on West 49th Street and dubbed it "the nerve center of
the planet."

On this day in 1954, Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio were married
in a civil ceremony at San Francisco City Hall, where they were
mobbed by reporters and fans. Monroe had apparently mentioned
the wedding plans to someone at her film studio and they leaked it
to the press. The couple spent their wedding night at the Clifton
Motel in Paso Robles, California and later honeymooned in Japan
and Korea. The marriage only lasted nine short months.

SANDY KOZEL

Presley’s birthplace in Tupelo, Mississippi.

Young Elvis with parents Vernon and Gladys
Presley in 1938.

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977)

(Note: Photo taken during the last concert before his death!)

Known as "The King of Rock n’ Roll," Elvis Presley rose to
prominence in the late 1950s, becoming a legend in cultural
history and the best-selling solo artist in the history of pop
with such #1 singles as "Hound Dog," and "Jailhouse Rock.

He appeared in over 30 movies, with his big screen debut
coming in the 1956 film Love Me Tender, named after one
of his many songs.

Graceland, a mansion on a 13.8-acre estate in Memphis, Tennessee.

MIKE GRACIA

On this day in 1789, the first United States presidential election was 
held and George Washington won with a unanimous vote.The above painting depicts Washington giving his first inaugural speech.

.

President Clinton went on trial before the Senate on this day in 1999,
only the second time in U.S. history that an impeached president had gone to trial. Clinton was later acquitted of perjury and obstruction of justice charges.

Bill Clinton during his grand jury deposition
in August 1998.

On this day in 1863, Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation
Proclamation. Attempting to stitch together a nation mired in
a bloody civil war, Abraham Lincoln made a last-ditch, but
carefully calculated, decision regarding the institution of
slavery in America. The Proclamation ordered the freedom
of all slaves in ten states.

An African American man reading a newspaper with headline "Presidential Proclamation/Slavery".

ED DANAHUE

On this is day in 1845, President James Polk and signed legislation making Texas the 28th state of the United States.

Boundaries of Texas after the annexation in 1845.

Depiction of Anson Jones lowering Republic flag following
annexation by the United States.

The U.S. and Texas flags at the Texas State Capitol.

The first American Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) was organized, in Boston, MA. on this day in 1851. 

A group of evangelicals from several Boston churches, led by retired sea
captain  and lay preacher Thomas Valentine Sullivan, founded the first
YMCA in the United States. Modeled on the original YMCA established in
London in 1844 by George Williams, this new organization offered a safe
gathering place, opportunities for socializing, bible-study classes and
prayer meetings.

 
Thomas Valentine Sullivan                        George Williams