SANDY KOZEL

The U.S. Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, PA, ended after three days
on this day in 1863. It was a major victory for the North as  the Confederate troops retreated.

Gen. George Washington took command of the Continental Army
at Cambridge, MA. on this day in 1775.

It was on this day in 1988.

USS Vincennes (CG-49) is a U.S. Navy Ticonderoga class AEGIS
guided missile cruiser.

Algeria gained it’s independence on this day in 1962.

Jim Morrison (Doors) died in Paris on this day in 1971, allegedly of
a heroin overdose.

Tom Cruise (Thomas Cruise Mapother IV) is 55 years old today.

Tom Cruise grew up in an abusive household and had planned to become
a priest before becoming interested in acting.

1989 biographical war drama film.

Tom Cruise(holding flag)portraying Vietnam
War veteran Ron Kovic.

SANDY KOZEL

On this day in 1937 American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart disappeared in the Central Pacific during an attempt to fly
around the world at the equator.

James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881)

Charles J. Guiteau (below) fatally wounded U.S. President James A.
Garfield in Washington, DC.

James Garfield depicted on his deathbed.

CAMILLE BOHANNON

During the U.S. Civil War, the first day’s fighting at Gettysburg
began on this day in 1863.

The first peacetime detonation of a nuclear bomb happened on
Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean on this day in 1946.

During the Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt and his
"Rough Riders" waged a victorious assault on San Juan Hill in
Cuba on this day in 1898.

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919)

Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances Spencer) 
(July 1, 1961 – August 31, 1997)

The sovereignty over Hong Kong was transferred from Great Britain
to China on this day in 1997. Britain had controlled Hong Kong as a colony for 156 years.

It was on this day in 2004.

TIM MAGUIRE

It was on this day in 1950.

On this day in 1973, former White House counsel John W. Dean (above) 
told the Senate Watergate Committee about an "enemies list" that was
kept by the Nixon White House.

Patrons at the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City’s Greenwich Village, clashed with police. This incident is considered to be the birth of the gay
rights movement.

John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III
(February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001)

Lemmon was an eight time Academy Award nominee, with two
wins. He starred in over 60 films, such as Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Apartment (1960), and Mister Roberts (for which he won
the 1955 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor).

1989

1992

TIM MAGUIRE

It was on this day in 1945.

On this day in 2000.

The first section of the boardwalk in Atlantic City, NJ, was opened
to the public on this day in 1870.

The boardwalk today.

Charlie Chaplin’s comedy "The Gold Rush" premiered
in Hollywood on this day in 1925.

Georgia Hale & Charlie Chaplin in The Gold Rush.