TIM MAGUIRE

On this day in 1931.

On this day in 1962, the above three scientists shared the Nobel
Prize for their DNA work.

     
The Anthrax scare hits CBS in New York on this day in
2001.    
        
   

CBS News announced that an employee in Dan Rather’s office had tested
positive for skin anthrax.

The FBI and Postal Service announced a $1 million reward for information
leading to the arrest of those responsible for the anthrax mailings.

On this day in 2001, four disciples of Osama bin Laden, convicted in the
1998 bombing of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, were sentenced
to life in prison and ordered to pay $33 million in restitution to victims.

On this day in 1968, two black athletes, Tommie Smith (center) and John
Carlos, (right) were suspended by the U.S. Olympic Committee for giving
a "black power" salute during a ceremony at the Summer Olympics in
Mexico City.

Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017)

Chuck Berry is one of the pioneers of rock ‘n’ roll who released influential
songs such as "Maybellene" and "Johnny B. Goode."

He became immortalized for songs such as "Roll Over Beethoven," which
reached  #29 on the Billboard Top 100 chart.

ED DANAHUE

On this day in 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his "I Have
a Dream" speech at a civil rights rally in Washington, D.C. where
more than 200,000 people attended.

It was on this day in 1968.

Emmett Till was a 14-year-old African-American who was lynched in Mississippi after offending a white woman in a grocery store on this
day in 1955.

Emmett Louis Till  (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955)

A divorce decree was issued for Britain’s Prince Charles
and Princess Diana on this day in 1996. This made the
end of the couples 15-year marriage official.

SANDY KOZEL

On this day in 1945

It was on this day in 1886.

The Coca-Cola logo was created by John Pemberton’s bookkeeper,
Frank Mason Robinson, in 1885. Robinson came up with the name
and chose the logo’s distinctive cursive script.

Let It Be is the twelfth and final studio album by The Beatles. It was
released on this day in 1970, almost a month after the group’s break-
up.

MIKE GRACIA

On this day in 1911, the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. 

Former President George H.W. Bush skydiving to celebrate his
72nd birthday on this day in 1997.

State troopers block the steps of the Alabama state capitol at Montgomery, Ala. from civil rights marchers at the end of their
five-day march from Selma, Alabama on this day in 1965.

Martin Luther King Jr. speaks to the crowd of marchers at the
state capital in Alabama.

Aerial photo shows crowd of thousands assembled in front of the 
Capitol.

Aretha Louise Franklin is 75 today.

Aretha Franklin started singing at her father’s church after her
mother’s death and launched her solo career when she was
eighteen.

                                                                                        (The Washington Post)

Students at Howard University, a historically Black college, located in Washington, D.C., seized the administration building. The sit-in lasted
five days and led to campus reform and the establishment of the Afro-
American studies curriculum. In all, more than 100 students stood in
solidarity.