SANDY KOZEL
On this day in 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down state laws
that had been restricting abortions during the first six months of pregnancy. The case (Roe vs. Wade) legalized abortion.
On this day in 1968, "Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In", debuted on NBC
television and aired until March 12, 1973. The program was ranked
number 42 on TV Guide’s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
Gary Owens, was the famous voice of “Laugh-In”.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
On this day in 1997, Timothy McVeigh, a former U.S. Army soldier,
was convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role
in the 1995 terrorist bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal
Building in Oklahoma City.
Elizabeth was crowned queen of England at Westminster Abbey on
this day in 1953.
Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) turned 92 in April.
On this day in 1979, Pope John Paul II arrived in his native Poland on
the first visit by a pope to a Communist country. The Pope is shown
kissing Polish ground upon his first return to his country.
It was on this day in 1941.
On July 4, 1939, Lou Gehrig delivered his famed "Luckiest Man"
speech in front of a sold out crowd in Yankee Stadium.
Babe Ruth attends the open casket funeral of Lou Gehrig on June
4, 1941.
Henry Louis Gehrig (born "Heinrich Ludwig Gehrig")
(June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941)
ROSS SIMPSON
Samuel F.B. Morse formally opened America’s first telegraph line on
this day in 1844. The first message was sent from Washington, DC,
to Baltimore, MD. The message was "What hath God wrought?"
Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872)
On this day in 1994, the four men convicted of bombing the New
York’s World Trade Center were each sentenced to 240 years in
prison.
Queen Victoria of England was born in London on
this day in 1819.
This painting by Frederick Winterhalter shows Queen Victoria and
Prince Albert with 5 of their children.
After 14 years of construction the Brooklyn Bridge was opened to
traffic on this day in 1883.
Bob Dylan (Robert Allen Zimmerman)
Legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan revolutionized folk music in the
1960’s with albums such as The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, Highway 61
Revisited, and Blonde on Blonde and songs such as "The Times They
Are a-Changin’," "Like a Rolling Stone," and "Positively 4th Street."
On October 13, 2016 the Nobel Prize committee announced it had awarded Bob Dylan the Nobel Prize in Literature "for having created
new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".
