ED DANAHUE

Huey Pierce Long Jr. died on this day in 1935.

Carl Austin Weiss Sr.
(December 6, 1906 – September 8, 1935)

Weiss was a physician from Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, who assassinated Senator Long.

José Feliciano (José Monserrate Feliciano García) is 73 today.

José Feliciano, who was born blind, is a Puerto Rican guitarist, singer, and songwriter, best known for many international hits, including his rendition
of The Doors‘

"Light My Fire" and the best-selling Christmas single, "Feliz Navidad." He
has released many albums over the years in both English and Spanish.

John Sidney McCain III  (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018)

The Arizona senator and War hero lost his fight with cancer today.

ROSS SIMPSON

The Spanish Civil War began on this day in 1936 as Gen. Francisco Franco (below) led an uprising of army troops based in Spanish
North Africa.

It was on this day in 1969.

Senator Ted Kennedy wearing a neck brace following the accident.

Senator Ted Kennedy ran his car off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island,
killing his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne. He swam free, leaving the scene,
and did not report the accident to the police for ten hours.

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (July 18, 1918 – December 5, 2013)

South African revolutionary and politician who radically changed the
conditions of the Apartheid state of South Africa by addressing
institutionalized racism and inequality. He served 27 years in prison
and, upon his release in 1994, he became South Africa’s first black
chief executive, an office he served for five years.

Seven year old Ricky Skaggs on television in 1961.

Country and bluegrass singer Rickie Lee Skaggs is 64 today.

Ricky Skaggs was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame this 
year. He has achieved 12 #1 hits, 8 CMA awards, and 8 ACM awards. In
1982, he became a member of the Grand Ole Opry, the youngest to ever
be inducted at that time.

TIM MAGUIRE

On this day in 1964, The Beatles made the first of three record-
breaking appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show." 73 million
people watched the show. It was their American TV debut.

It was on this day in 1950.

During World War II on this day in 1943, the battle of Guadalcanal
ended with an American victory over Japanese forces.

Pictured are Japanese prisoners. The Guadalcanal campaign had
ended with the loss of nearly 30,000 Japanese soldiers.

Yuri Andropov died on this day in 1984.

Yuri Andropov was General Secretary of the Central Committee
of the Communist Party and Chairman of the Presidium from
June 16, 1983 until his death in 1984.

Alice Malsenior Walker is 74 today. She was born in Putnam County, Georgia.

Alice Walker is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and activist
who wrote the novel The Color Purple (1982) for which she won the National
Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She also wrote the novels
Meridian (1976) and The Third Life of Grange Copeland (1970), among many
other works.

SANDY KOZEL

The U.S. Congress on this day in 1991, passed a resolution
authorizing President Bush (below) to use military power to
force Iraq out of Kuwait.

During World War II on this day in 1945, Soviet forces began a huge offensive against the Germans in Eastern Europe.

Hattie W. Caraway became the first woman elected to the U.S.
Senate on this day in 1932.

Agatha Christie (Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller)
(September 15, 1890 – January 12, 1976) 

Christie was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels 
and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around 
around her fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.

The sitcom "All In the Family" debuted on CBS-TV on this day in 1971. It ran
for nine seasons till April 1979. The following September, it was replaced by
“Archie Bunker’s Place”, which picked up where “All in the Family” had
ended and ran for four more seasons.

Archie and Edith Bunker ( Carroll O’Connor – Jean Stapleton)