TIM MAGUIRE

It was on this day in 1963.

On this day in 1986, President Ronald Reagan and Attorney Gen.
Edwin Meese revealed that profits from secret arms sales to Iran
had been diverted to rebels in Nicaragua. The National Security
Advisor John Poindexter resigned and Oliver North was fired.

From left: President Reagan and Attorney Gen. Edwin Meese.

During the Revolutionary War on this day in 1783, the British
evacuated New York. It was their last military position in the 
United States.

A group of fishermen from Florida spotted Elián Gonzales off the
coast of Fort Lauderdale. He was completely alone, floating in an
inner tube. He was rescued on this day in 1999.

The boat that Elian and his mother, and 10 other people had been traveling on to the United States from Cuba had been ripped apart
in the rough seas, and he was one of the only survivors.      

Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe, 1954

Baseball’s Joe Dimaggio was born on this day in 1914.

CAMILLE BOHANNON

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, DC.
on this day in 1982.

Taliban regime flees the Afghan capital on this day in 2001.

Bill Clinton ordered to pay Paula Jones $850,000 on this day in 1998.

Bill Clinton

On this day in 2003, Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court
Roy Moore (above) lost his position for refusing to remove a Ten  Commandments monument. 

On this day in 1997, the musical "The Lion King"
opened on Broadway.

It is Broadway’s third longest-running show in history and the
highest grossing Broadway production of all time, having
grossed more than $1 billion.

MIKE GRACIA

Harry S. Truman holding up a copy of the Chicago Tribune with the incorrect headline

Harry S. Truman defeated Thomas E. Dewey for the U.S. presidency on this
day in 1948. The Chicago Tribune published an early edition that had the
headline "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN (above)." The Truman victory had 
surprised many polls and newspapers.

President Truman (right) on his campaign train whistle-stop.

On this day in 1963, South Vietnamese President Ngo Dihn Diem was
assassinated in a military coup.

Howard Hughes flew his "Spruce Goose," a huge wooden airplane, for eight minutes in California on this day in 1947. It was the plane’s first and only
flight. The "Spruce Goose," nicknamed because of the white-gray color of
the spruce used to build it, never went into production.

The H-4 today is in McMinnville, Oregon, at the Evergreen Air and
Space Museum, about an hour outside of Portland.

On this day in 1959, Charles Van Doren, a game show contestant
on the NBC-TV program "Twenty-One" admitted that he had been
given questions and answers in advance.

Charles Lincoln Van Doren turned 91 in Feb.   

CARLATA BRADLEY

It was on this day in 1983.

President Ronald Reagan

On this day in 1956.

A Sony tape recorder used to tape conversations in the White House.

Former Enron Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling, who gained
infamy as the man who orchestrated the largest corporate
fraud in history, was sentenced to more than 24 years in
jail on this day in 2006.   

John William Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005)

Also known as the Elvis of hosting, Johnny Carson was an Emmy-
winning face of NBC’s Tonight show from 1961 to 1992.

Camille Bohannon

On this day in 2002, congress gave  Authorization
for Use of Military Force Against Iraq.

It was on this day 2002, when former President Jimmy Carter won
the Nobel Peace Prize.  

The accusations were made by Anita Hill on this day in 1991.

Anita Hill turned 61 in July.

Clarence Thomas became 69 years old in June.

"Saturday Night Live" was broadcast for the first time on this
day in 1975. George Carlin (below) was the guest host.

Members of the original Saturday Night Live cast during the show’s
1975 season.