TIM MAGUIRE

On October 10, 1973, after months of maintaining his innocence,
Agnew pleaded no contest to a single felony charge of tax evasion
and resigned from office. He was replaced by House Minority
Leader Gerald Ford (below).

Gerald Ford (center) was sworn in as Vice President Ford. 

George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985)

Wells is best remembered for the legendary 1938 radio broadcast of “The
War of the Worlds’’, and in film, Citizen Kane (1941), consistently ranked
as one of the greatest films ever made.

TIM MAGUIRE

It was on this day in 1973.

China’s Manchu dynasty was overthrown by revolutionaries under
Sun Yat-sen on this day in 1911.

    
A plane carrying Palestinian terrorists who hijacked the cruise liner
Achille Lauro was ‘captured’ over Malta forced to land on this day
in 1985.

Movie Legend George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985)

1938

1941

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi
(October 10, 1813 – January 27, 1901) 

Verdi became one of the pre-eminent opera composers in
history. His 26 operas remain extremely popular today.

CAMILLE BOHANNON

During the U.S. Civil War, the first day’s fighting at Gettysburg
began on this day in 1863.

The first peacetime detonation of a nuclear bomb happened on
Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean on this day in 1946.

During the Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt and his
"Rough Riders" waged a victorious assault on San Juan Hill in
Cuba on this day in 1898.

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919)

Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances Spencer) 
(July 1, 1961 – August 31, 1997)

The sovereignty over Hong Kong was transferred from Great Britain
to China on this day in 1997. Britain had controlled Hong Kong as a colony for 156 years.

It was on this day in 2004.