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On this day in 1906, San Francisco, CA, was hit with an earthquake
with an original death toll cited at about 700. Information received
later indicated that the death toll may have been 3 to 4 times the
original estimate.

On this day in 1775, American revolutionaries Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott rode though towns in Massachusetts
giving the warning that the Regulars were coming out. Later, the
phrase "the British are coming" was attributed to Revere even
though it is unlikely he used that wording.

The U.S. Embassy in Beirut was blown up by a suicide car-bomber
on this day in 1983. A total of 63 people were killed including 17 Americans.

A previously unseen image of Einstein as a five-year-old in 1884.

Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955) 

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the 
theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside
quantum mechanics). His work is also known for its influence on the
philosophy of science. He is best known by the general public for his
mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc² (which has been dubbed
"the world’s most famous equation").

Wayne Gretzky (New York Rangers) played his final game in the
NHL on this day in 1999. He retired as the NHL‘s all-time leading
scorer and holder of 61 individual records.

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Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955) 

German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein 
developed the theory of relativity, one of the two
pillars of modern physics and is also known for its
influence on the philosophy of science. He received
the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to
theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery
of the law of the photoelectric effect".

Quincy Delight Jones Jr. is 85 years old today.

Quincy Jones is an Influential record producer, arranger, and
musician of many film scores, classic albums, and hit songs. He
is perhaps best known for producing multiple albums by the great
Michael Jackson, including 1982’s Thriller and 1987’s Bad. He was
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013. 

Michael Jackson (left) with “Q” (Quincy Jones).

Sir Michael Caine (Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr.)
is 85 years old today.

Across his fifty-year career,Michael Caine has had roles in The
Cider House Rules (1999), and The Italian Job (1969). He also

played Bruce Wayne’s butler Alfred Pennyworth in The Dark
Knight Trilogy (2005 – 2012). He served in the Korean War for
the British Army and was knighted in 2000.

Michael Caine as Alfred in ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ (2012).

Eli Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin on this day in
1794.

On this day in 1995, American astronaut Norman Thagard (above)
became the first American to enter space aboard a Russian rocket.

Norman Earl Thagard will turn 75 July 3. He retired in 1996.

Stephen Hawking and wife Jane Wilde on Their Wedding
Day In 1965.

Stephen William Hawking  (January 8, 1942 – March 14, 2018) 

LONDON (AP) — Family spokesman says physicist Stephen Hawking has
died at the age of 76. Hawking had a rare early-onset slow-progressing form
of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neuron disease
or Lou Gehrig’s disease, that gradually paralyzed him over the decades.

SANDY KOZEL

In a Cambridge University laboratory on this day in 1953, scientists James D. Watson and Francis H.C. Crick discovered the double-
helix structure of DNA.

On this day in 1993, U.S. Federal agents raided the compound of an armed religious cult in Waco, TX. The ATF had planned to arrest
the leader of the Branch Davidians, David Koresh, on federal
firearms charges. Four agents and six Davidians were killed and
a 51-day standoff followed.      

Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was assassinated in Stockholm
on this day in 1986. He was 59.

Blood on a street in downtown Stockholm, Sweden, after the assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme.

Album released on this day in 1983. It became groups first number-
one album in the UK.

U2

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On this day in 1945, the 28th Regiment of the Fifth Marine Division of
the U.S. Marines reached the top of Mount Surabachi. A photograph
of these Marines raising the American flag was taken by Associated
Press photographer Joe Rosenthal (below).

Joe Rosenthal poses on top of Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima.

Joseph John Rosenthal
(October 9, 1911 – August 20, 2006)

During the Persian Gulf War on this day in 1991, ground forces
crossed the border of Saudi Arabia into the country of Iraq. Less
than four days later the war was over due to the surrender or
withdraw of Iraqi forces.

Iraqi troops emerge from heavily protected bunker to surrender
to gun-toting Saudi soldiers. 

Scottish scientists cloned the first mammal, a sheep
called “Dolly”.

From left: The comedy team of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.

At the Staples Center in Los Angeles on this day in 2000, Carlos
Santana received a record-tying eight Grammy’s. Michael Jackson 
set the record back in 1984 when he won awards for "Thriller."