TIM MAGUIRE

MacArthur vs. Truman: The Showdown That Changed America
on this day in 1951.

It was on this day in 1814.

             Napoleon Bonaparte (August 15, 1769 – May 5, 1821) 

Idi Amin was deposed as president of Uganda as
rebels and exiles backed by Tanzanian forces
seized control on this day in 1979.

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.

The Apollo 13 lunar landing mission crew: Commander James A.
Lovell Jr. (from left), Command Module pilot John L. Swigert Jr.
and Lunar Module pilot Fred W. Haise Jr.                                  (NASA)

The liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald was
on this day in 1945.

ROSS SIMPSON

On this day in 1917

Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson claimed to be the
first men to reach the North Pole on this day in 1909.

First modern Olympic Games on this day in 1896. 

SANDY KOZEL

Martin Luther (Michael) King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968)

William Henry Harrison Sr. (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841)

Harrison died of complications from pneumonia 31 days into his term,
serving the shortest tenure in United States presidential history. He
was the first president to die in office.

It was on this day in 1974.

SANDY KOZEL

Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his last speech just 24 hours
before he was assassinated.

It was on this day in 1936 when Bruno Richard Hauptmann was
executed. 

Aviator Charles Lindbergh’s 20-month-old son, Charles Lindbergh, Jr.

On this day in 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed the European Recovery Program, better known as the Marshall Plan, into law.

Marlon Brando (1940) military school photo.

Marlon Brando, Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004)

MIKE GRACIA

It was on this day in 2005.

President Woodrow Wilson on this day in 1917.

Hans Christian Andersen ( April 2, 1805 – August 4, 1875)