MIKE GRACIA

The shooting rampage was on this day in 1966.

On this day in 1914, Germany declared war on Russia at the start 
of World War I.

‘A Berlin crowd listens as a German officer reads the Kaiser’s order
for mobilization on 1st August 1914′.

Adolf Hitler (second from right) presided over the Olympic games as
they opened in Berlin on this day in 1936.

African American Jesse Owens was the star of Berlin, becoming
the first American in Olympic track and field history to win four
gold medals at a single Games. He won the 100-yard dash, the
long jump, 200-yard dash and the 4×100-yard relay.

In Warsaw, Poland, an uprising against Nazi occupation began on
this day in 1944. The revolt continued until October 2 when Polish
forces surrendered.

German Troops set fire to a village in Poland.

Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891)

Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet
of the American Renaissance period. His best known works
include Typee (1846), a romantic account of his experiences
in Polynesian life, and his whaling novel Moby-Dick (1851).

MTV made its debut at 12:01am on this day in 1981. The first
video to be shown was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the
Buggles.

"Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll". Those were the words TV audiences heard on August 1, 1981 when a brand new channel
called Music Television launched.

CARLATA BRADLEY

It was on this day in Seneca Falls.

It was on this day in 1993.

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT), the official United States policy on gays serving
in the military was announced by President Bill Clinton (below). It allowed
closeted members of the military to serve, while prohibiting those in the
military who were openly gay to serve. Prior to “don’t ask, don’t tell,” there
had been an outright ban on gays in the military.

Apollo 11 entered lunar orbit on this day in 1969.

Daedalus Crater was one of the sights seen as Apollo 11’s command module passed over the far side of the moon.

Baseball’s career hit leader Pete Rose (left) was sentenced on this
day in 1990 to five months in a Federal correctional institution for
filing false income-tax returns. The sentence did not permit parole,
so Rose would serve the full term.

Peter Edward Rose Sr. also known by his nickname "Charlie
Hustle", turned 77 on April 14.

A total 55 countries joined the boycott of the opening ceremony
in Moscow which began on this day in 1980.

ROSS SIMPSON

It was on this day in 1996.

Wreckage from the front portion of the TWA Flight 800 Boeing 747 on display in its reconstructed state in 1997.

The cockpit of TWA Flight 800 is lowered at the U.S. Coast Guard
station at Shinnecock Inlet in Hampton Bays, N.Y.

The Russian Imperial Romanov family (Tsar Nicholas II, his
wife Tsarina Alexandra and their five children Olga, Tatiana,
Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei) and all those who chose to
accompany them into imprisonment were shot, bayoneted
and clubbed to death in Yekaterinburg on this day in 1918
by several Bolshevik troops under the orders of the Ural
Regional Soviet and according to instructions by Lenin.

A drawing of the execution of Tsar Nicholas II and his family.

The room in the Ipatiev House, Yekaterinburg, where the Russian
royal family was brutally murdered.

Disneyland opened in Anaheim, CA. on this day in 1955.

Disneyland theme park is now divided into 8 extravagantly themed
lands: Main Street, U.S.A., Tomorrowland, Fantasyland, Mickey’s
Toontown, Frontierland, Critter Country, New Orleans Square and
Adventureland.

Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966)

Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza resigned and fled to
Miami, Florida in exile on this day in 1979.

Somoza talks to the press after fleeing to safety in Miami.

An Apollo spaceship (left) docked with a Soyuz spacecraft in orbit
on this day in 1975. It was the first link up between the U.S. and
Soviet Union.

It was on this day in 1961.

Coltrane’s first recordings were made when he was
a sailor.

John William Coltrane  (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967)

John Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer, also
known as "Trane". Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in
his career,Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes and was later at
the forefront of free jazz. He died of liver cancer at a Hospital in New
York on July 17, 1967, at the age of 40.

CAMILLE BOHANNON

Full diplomatic relations were established between the United States
and Vietnam on this day in 1995. President Clinton (above) made the
announcement of the normalization.

The United States’ first secretary of the treasury, Alexander Hamilton, was killed by Vice President Aaron Burr in a duel on this day in 1804.

On this day in 1979, the abandoned United States space station
Skylab returned to Earth. It burned up in the atmosphere and
showered debris over the Indian Ocean and Australia.

Babe Ruth debuted in the major leagues with the Boston Red Sox on
this day in 1914.

Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier (May 22, 1907 – July 11, 1989)

Laurence Olivier was among actors who dominated the British stage of the
mid-20th century. For his work in films, Olivier received four Academy
Awards: an honorary award for Henry V (1947), a Best Actor award and
one as producer for Hamlet (1948), and a second honorary award in 1979
to recognize his lifetime of contribution to the art of film. He was nominated
for nine other acting Oscars and one each for production and direction. Late
in his career, he had considerable success in television roles.

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ROSS SIMPSON

From left: John Lennon and Paul McCartney were introduced to each other on this day in 1957.

The first All-Star baseball game was held in Chicago on this day in
1933. The American League beat the National League 4-2.

The Biafran War erupted on this day in 1967. The war lasted two-
and-a-half years. About 600,000 people died.

Late Odumegwu Ojukwu (left) leader of the breakaway Republic
of Biafra from 1967 to 1970.

One of the casualties of the war.

Mexican  painter Frida Kahlo de Rivera (Magdalena Carmen Frida
Kahlo y Calderón)  (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954)

Althea Gibson won the Wimbledon women’s singles tennis title on
this day in 1957. She was the first black athlete to win the event.

Roy Rogers (Leonard Franklin Slye)
(November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998)

Roy Rogers was one of the most popular Western stars of his
era. Known as the "King of the Cowboys", he appeared in over
100 films and numerous radio and television episodes of The
Roy Rogers Show.

Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.

Rogers died of congestive heart failure on July 6, 1998. He had
been residing in Apple Valley, CA. Roy was buried at Sunset Hills 
Memorial Park in Apple Valley, as was his wife Dale Evans three 
years later.