On July 30, 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 – 1969)
signed into law a joint resolution that officially declared “In God
We Trust” the nation’s motto and mandated that it be printed in
capital letters on all U.S. paper currency.
The law also replaced the de facto motto E pluribus unum
(“Out of many, one”) in official use.
JOHN BELMONT
The first airplane flight over the South Pole was made by U.S. Navy Lt. Comdr. Richard E. Byrd on this day in 1929.
Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr.
(October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957)
A 1930 documentary film about Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd
and his 1st quest to the South Pole.
JOHN BELMONT
On this day in 1963, President Johnson named a commission headed
by Earl Warren to investigate the assassination of President John F.
Kennedy.
Members of the Warren Commission present their report to President
Lyndon Johnson (fourth from right).
President John F. Kennedy(left) with his wife, Jacqueline, and Texas Governor John Connally and his wife, Nellie, riding in the presidential limousine, minutes before the assassination.
The first airplane flight over the South Pole was made by U.S. Navy
Lt. Comdr. Richard E. Byrd (below) on this day in 1929.
Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr.
(October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957)
Medal of Honor
JOHN BLEMONT
On this day in 1963, President Johnson (below) named a commission
headed by Earl Warren to investigate the assassination of President
John F. Kennedy.
In this 1964 file photo, the bipartisan presidential commission to
investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy sits
for an official picture, at the Veterans of Foreign Wars office on
Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP)
President Lyndon B. Johnson.
The U.N. General Assembly on this day in 1947, passed a resolution
that called for the division of Palestine between Arabs and Jews.
The first airplane flight over the South Pole was made by U.S. Navy
Lt. Comdr. Richard E. Byrd on this day in 1929.
A Ford Trimotor aircraft, the Floyd Bennett (S/N NX4542), was
selected for the epic polar air journey.
On this day in 1981.
On this day in 1986.
On this day in 2001.
JOHN BELMONT
George Harrison (February 25, 1943 – November 29, 2001)
