“An army of Romanian civilians, men and women, both young and
old (above) dig anti-tank ditches in a border area, on June 22, 1944,
in readiness to repel Soviet armies.” (AP)
On August 22, 1944, Soviet forces break through to Jassy, in northeastern
Romania, convincing Romania’s king to sign an armistice with the Allies
and concede control of his country to the USSR.
Soviet tanks occupy Bucharest.
The Romanian Communist Party
CAMILLE
BOHANNON
On this day in 1977, Voyager 2 was launched by NASA from a
spaceport in Cape Canaveral, Florida with a Titan IIIE / Centaur
rocket . The spacecraft was carrying a copper phonograph
record containing greetings in dozens of languages and
samples of music (below).
Singer Robert Anthony Plant is 71 today.
Led Zepplin reunited for a show at London’s O2 arena, 2007.
CARLATA BRADLEY
On this day in 1972, the last U.S. combat troops depart Vietnam.
ED DANAHUE
Comedian Johnny Carson hosted NBC’s "Tonight Show" for the
last time on this day in 1992. He had been host for 30 years.
SANDY KOZEL
Guglielmo Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi
( April 25, 1874 – July 20, 1937
Marconi was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer,
known for his pioneering work on long-distance radio
transmission, development of Marconi’s law, and a
radio telegraph system. He is credited as the inventor
of radio, and he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics
with Karl Ferdinand Braun "in recognition of their
contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy".
Actor Alfredo James Pacino is 78 years old today.
Al Pacino had his breakthrough as mobster Michael Corleone in the
Godfather trilogy and won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his
role as Frank Slade in the 1992 film Scent of a Woman. He is also
known for his starring roles in Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Heat (1995),
Scarface (1983), and Serpico (1973).
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