CAMILLE BOHANNON
On this day in 1974, President Gerald Ford announced a conditional amnesty program for draft-evaders and deserters during the Vietnam War.
In west Beirut on this day in 1982, the massacre of hundreds of Palestinian men, women and children began in refugee camps
of the Lebanese Christian militiamen.
ED DONAHUE
On this day in 2001.
President George W. Bush addresses the nation following the
9/11 attacks.
President George W. Bush with firefighter Bob Beckwith standing in
standing in front of the collapsed World Trade Center buildings.
Johnny Cash and wife June Carter.
John R. Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003)
While hospitalized at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Johnny Cash died of complications from diabetes at approximately 2:00 a.m. CT on September
12, 2003, aged 71, less than four months after his wife. It was suggested
that his health worsened due to a broken heart over June’s death.
TIM MAGUIRE
On this day in 1901, President William McKinley was shot and
mortally wounded (he died eight days later) by Leon Czolgosz,
an American anarchist, was executed the following October.
Leon Czolgosz
The funeral for Britain’s Princess Diana was on this day
in 1997.
Piggly Wiggly is a supermarket chain in the Southern and Midwestern regions
of the U.S. The first outlet opened in 1916 in Memphis, Tennessee, and is
notable for having been the first true self-service grocery store, and the
originator of various familiar supermarket features such as checkout stands, individual item price marking and shopping carts. The current company headquarters is in Keene, New Hampshire. Currently, more than 600
independently owned Piggly Wiggly stores operate in 17 states, primarily
in smaller cities and towns.
Piggly Wiggly founder Clarence Saunders.
(August 9, 1881 – September 23, 1953)
George Roger Waters is 75 years old today.
Bass player, composer, vocalist Roger Waters was co-founder,
and front man of the English rock band Pink Floyd, the group
known for songs like "Shine On You Crazy Diamond."
ROSS SIMPSON
It was on this day in 1972.
It took place on this day in 1975.
Jack Kerouac’s "On the Road" was first published on this day in
1957.
Jack Kerouac (Jean-Louis Kérouac)
(March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969)
Mother Teresa, known in the Roman
Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of
Calcutta (Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu)
(August 26, 1910 – September 5, 1997)
ED DANAHUE
One of the major disasters in 19th century around the world was the eruption
of the volcano Krakatau in western Pacific Ocean, Indonesia.
The volcano erupted on this day in 1883 and killed thousand people on the
other islands near it. The volcanic dust was thrown into the atmosphere
and affected the weather around the world, and people as far away as Britain
and the United States began to see bizarre red sunsets caused by particles
in the atmosphere.
On this day in 1859, the first oil well was successfully drilled in the
U.S. by Colonel Edwin L. Drake (below) near Titusville, PA.
Drake Well Museum in Titusville, PA is on the site where Edwin L.
Drake drilled the world’s first oil well in 1859 and launched the
modern petroleum industry.
It was on this day in 1979.
Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten was born
Prince Louis of Battenberg
(June 25, 1900 – August 27, 1979)
President John F. Kennedy (left) Meets with Lord Louis Mountbatten (center) in 1961. Mountbatten was Chief of the Defense Staff of the British Armed Forces at the time.
Brian Epstein was found dead in his home from an overdose of
sleeping pills on this day in 1967. Epstein first discovered The
Beatles in November 1961.
Brian Samuel Epstein
(September 19, 1934 – August 27, 1967)
Brian Epstein (center) with The Beatles.
