SANDY KOZEL

On this day in 1945, the U.S. B-29 bomber, known as the Enola Gay, dropped the first atomic bomb on an inhabited area. The bomb
named "Little Boy"(pictured below) was dropped over the center
of Hiroshima, Japan. An estimated 140,000 people were killed.

The above August 6, 1945 file photos shows the destruction from the atomic bomb explosion on Hiroshima, Japan.

The Voting Rights Act was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson 
on this day in 1965.

President Lyndon B. Johnson and Martin Luther King Jr. at the
Capitol after the signing of the Voting Rights Act.

Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini)

Pope Paul VI reigned from 21 June 1963 to his death in 1978 at age 80.

Sir Alexander Fleming  (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) He died
in London of a heart attack.

Fleming was a Scottish physician, microbiologist, and pharmacologist. His
best-known discoveries are the enzyme lysozyme in 1923 and the world’s
first antibiotic substance benzylpenicillin (Penicillin G) from the mold
Penicillium notatum in 1928, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in
Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Howard Florey and Ernst Boris
Chain. Modern antibiotics are tested using a method similar to Fleming’s
discovery.

ED DANAHUE

On this day in 1974, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Nixon had to turn over subpoenaed White House tape recordings to the Watergate special prosecutor.

It was on this day in 1959.

On this day in 1847, Mormon leader Brigham Young and his followers arrived in the valley of the Great Salt Lake in present-day Utah.

Brigham Young
(June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877)

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
 
  The Apollo 11 astronauts splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean 
  on this day in 1969.

United States President Richard Nixon was in the central Pacific
recovery area to welcome the Apollo 11 astronauts aboard the USS Hornet, prime recovery ship for the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing mission, on July 24, 1969. The Apollo 11 astronauts are, from left,
Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin. The crew was
quarantined after splashdown to ensure they did not bring back
any contamination from the moon.

CAMILLE BOHANNON

On this day in 1964, three civil rights workers disappeared.

The U.S. Constitution went into effect when New Hampshire became
the ninth state to ratify it on this day in 1788.

Signatures of John Langdon and Nicholas Gilman on the US
Constitution document. They represented New Hampshire.

Cyrus Hall McCormick (February 15, 1809 – May 13, 1884)

Cyrus McCormick patented the first practical mechanical
reaper for farming on this day in 1843. His invention
allowed farmers to more than double their crop size.

On this day in 1982, John Hinckley, Jr. (above) was found not guilty
by reason of insanity for the shooting of President Ronald Reagan
and three others during an assassination attempt on March 30, 1981.

President Reagan (center) is rushed to a waiting vehicle after being
shot in the chest while leaving a union convention at a Washington,
D.C. Hotel.

Britain’s Prince William, Duke of Cambridge is 36 years old today.

The Duke and Duchess of of Cambridge pictured outside the Lindo
Wing at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London, after the birth of
their second son.

TIM MAGUIRE

The New York Times began publishing the "Pentagon Papers" on
this day in 1971. The articles were a secret study of America’s involvement in Vietnam.

On this day in 1967, Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall (left) was
nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson (right) to become the
first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

The landmark "Miranda v. Arizona" decision was issued by the U.S. Supreme Court on this day in 1966 . The decision ruled that criminal suspects had to be informed of their constitutional rights before
being questioned by police.

China’s Boxer Rebellion against foreigners and Chinese Christians erupted into violence on this day in 1900.

The unmanned U.S. space probe Pioneer 10 became the first
spacecraft to leave the solar system on this day in 1983. It was
launched in March 1972. The first up-close images of the planet
Jupiter were provided by Pioneer 10.

Benjamin David "Benny" Goodman
(May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986)

Benny Goodman was a jazz clarinetist and bandleader
known as the "King of Swing”. He led some of the most
“popular musical groups in the mid-1930s. These bands
launched the careers of many major  jazz artists. Despite 

increasing health problems, he continued to play until his
death from a heart attack in New York City in 1986, at the
age of 77,

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CAMILLE BOHANNON

On this day in 1987, U.S, President Ronald Reagan challenged Soviet
Premier Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. It was 29
months later when Gorbachev allowed Berliners to destroy the wall.

On September 12,1990, now-former President Reagan returned
to Berlin with wife Nancy, where he personally took a few
symbolic hammer swings at a remnant of the Berlin Wall.

On this day in 1963, Civil rights leader Medgar Evers was fatally
shot in front of his home in Jackson, MS.

Medgar Wiley Evers (July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963)

Byron De La Beckwith was accused of killing civil rights activist
Medgar Evers in 1963. After two trials had hung juries in 1964,
he was finally convicted of the crime in 1994. He received a life
sentence in prison where he died on January 21, 2001 at the age
of 80.

On 12 June 1978, Berkowitz was sentenced to 25 years to life in
prison for each murder, to be served consecutively. The Serial
killer had terrorized the streets of New York City for over a year.
killing six people and leaving seven others severely injured. He
was being called the .44 Caliber Killer at the time.
 

David Richard Berkowitz turned 65 on June 1.

In 1987, Berkowitz claimed to have become an evangelical Christian while
in prison. According to his personal testimony, his moment of conversion
occurred after reading Psalm 34:6 from a Bible given to him by a fellow
inmate. He says he is no longer to be referred to as the "Son of Sam"
but the "Son of Hope".  

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was dedicated in Cooperstown, New York on this day in 1939.

This famous photo from the 1939 Hall of Fame dedication ceremony
is missing Ty Cobb, who received more votes than any other player
in the first election.