MIKE GRACIA
Nearly 350 chests of tea were dumped into Boston Harbor off of
British ships by Colonial patriots on this day in 1773. The patriots
were disguised as Indians. The act was to protest taxation without
representation and the monopoly the government granted to the
East India Company.
JOHN BELMONT
In Cape Town, South Africa on this day in 1967, a team of surgeons headed by Dr. Christian Barnard (above), performed the first human
heart transplant on Louis Washkansky. Washkansky only lived 18
days.
Louis Waskhansky after undergoing the world’s first successful heart transplant.
On this day in 1964 the Free Speech Movement on the Berkeley
campus of the University of California culminated with the arrest
of some 800 student demonstrators.
Mario Savio, leader of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement, speaks
to assembled students on the campus at the University of California, Berkeley.
Effigy of Governor Pat Brown hanging outside an off-
campus student resident hall after the December 3rd
arrests.
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is 70 years old today.
Rock ‘n’ roll performer “Ozzy” Osbourne gained fame as the lead singer
of Black Sabbath and became known as the Prince of Darkness and the
Godfather of Heavy Metal.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
on this day in 1999, 40-Thousand protesters surrounded the World
Trade Organization meeting in Seattle, Washington. The protests
are sometimes referred to as the Battle of Seattle.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
Union Gen. William T. Sherman and his troops began their "March to
the Sea" during the U.S. Civil War on this day in 1864. They left the
captured city of Atlanta (depicted above). The campaign ended with
the capture of the port of Savanna on December 21.
William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891)
Union soldiers destroying telegraph poles and railroads, and freeing slaves, who are assisting Union soldiers in making their way to
safety.
GENERAL SHERMAN’S HEADQUARTERS DURING MARCH TO
THE SEA.
General Sherman at the port city of Savannah on the Atlantic coast.
Explorer Zebulon Pike (above) spotted the mountaintop
that became known as Pikes Peak in Colorado.
Pikes Peak, called America’s Mountain for its summit’s role inspiring Katharine Lee Bates to pen “America the Beautiful.”
TIM MAGUIRE
On this day in 1968, two black athletes, Tommie Smith and John
Carlos, were suspended by the U.S. Olympic Committee for giving
a "black power" salute (above) during a ceremony in Mexico City.
The three scientists shared the Nobel Prize on this day in 1962 for
DNA discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic
acids and its significance for information transfer in living material.”
Watson and Crick DNA model.
