On this day in 1998, President Clinton admitted to having an
improper relationship with Monica Lewinsky, a White House
intern.

The Klondike gold rush was set off by George Carmack (below) who
discovered gold on Rabbit Creek in Alaska.

George Washington Carmack,
from California.

Robert Fulton’s "North River Steam Boat" (known as the "Clermont") began heading up New York’s Hudson River on its successful round-
trip to Albany on this day in 1807.

Robert Fulton 
(11-14-1765 – 2-24-1815

It happened on this day in 1987.

Rudolf Walter Richard Hess 
(April 26, 1894 – August 17, 1987) 

Robert Anthony De Niro is 74 years old today.

Legendary actor Robert De Niro won an Academy Award for Best Actor for
his role as Jake LaMotta in the 1980 boxing film Raging Bull and an Academy
Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Vito Corleone in the 1974
classic The Godfather Part II.

2001

CAMILLE BOHANNON

On this day in 1945 the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. The bombing came just three days after the bombing of Hiroshima. About 74,000 people were killed. Japan surrendered
August 14.

U.S. President Richard Nixon formally resigned on this day in 1974,
Gerald R. Ford took his place, and became the 38th president of
the United States.

It w as on this day in 1969.

Murder victims from left: Voityck Frykowski, Sharon Tate, Stephen Parent, Jay Sebring, and Abigail Folger.

The book "Walden" was published by Henry David
Thoreau on this day in 1854.  

Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862)

Whitney Elizabeth Houston
(August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012)

R&B and pop performer Whitney Houston became the most
awarded female singer in history for hits such as "Hold Me"
from her record-breaking album, Whitney Houston. She grew
up in a musical family with cousin Dionne Warwick and her
godmother Aretha Franklin. She created the soundtrack for
and starred in the 1992 film The Bodyguard alongside Kevin
Costner.

singer-songwriter and guitarist Jerry Garcia is best known for his work
as the lead guitarist and as a vocalist with the band the Grateful Dead.

SANDY KOZEL

On this day in 1974, President Nixon announced that he would
resign the following day.

It was on this day in 1942.

Dustin Lee Hoffman is 80 years old today.

Famous method actor Dustin Hoffman won the Academy Award for Best
Actor for Kramer vs. Kramer in 1979 and Rain Man in 1988. He had his
breakthrough role as Benjamin Braddock in the 1967 classic The Graduate.

He began his acting career at the Pasadena Playhouse with his roommate
and fellow actor Gene Hackman. 

1969

1982

ED DONAHUE

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 Leon Jaworski.

Vice President Nixon (far right) and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
(wearing hat) speak as the press looks on in part of what came to be known as the Kitchen Debate.

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

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

Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios Ponte y Blanco
(July 24, 1783 – December 17, 1830)

 
Simon Bolivar,known as El Libertador, was a Venezuelan military and political
leader who played a leading role in the establishment of Venezuela, Bolivia,
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Panama as sovereign states, independent of
Spanish rule.

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

The Apollo 11 crew stand next to their spacecraft on the deck of
the recovery ship U.S.S. Hornet.

ROSS SIMPSON

Alexander P. Butterfield (above) informed the Senate committee investigating the Watergate affair of the existence of President
Nixon’s recorded White House tapes on this day in 1973.

It was on this day in 1999.

Martha Stewart was convicted of insider trading and sent to jail
on this day in 2004. She is shown above with U.S. marshals, as
they leave the Manhattan federal court in New York.
 

On this day in 1969, Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Kennedy, FL,
and began the first manned mission to land on the moon.

Apollo 11 Astronauts from left: Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins &
Buzz Aldrin.