ED DONAHUE
On this day in 2005 Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, center, blesses
the coffin containing the body of Pope John Paul II during his
funeral mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.
Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973)
It was on this day in 1974.
MIKE GRACIA
It was on this day in 2005.
President Woodrow Wilson on this day in 1917.
Hans Christian Andersen ( April 2, 1805 – August 4, 1875)
ROSS SIMPSON
In an attempt to lift the state out of the hard times of the Great Depression,
the Nevada state legislature voted to legalize gambling on this day in 1931.
James Orsen "Jim" Bakker turned 77 in January.
Bob Dylan’s debut album released by Columbia on this day in 1962.
MIKE GRACIA
George W. Bush Addressed the Nation on this day in 2003. He
gave a 48 hour Ultimatum to Saddam Hussein to leave Iraq.
Future president Franklin Delano Roosevelt married his fifth
cousin once removed, Eleanor Roosevelt, in New York on this
day in 1905.
