On this day in 1919, President Woodrow Wilson suffered a massive stroke that left himpartially paralyzed.
Final report on President Wilson’s condition written by Dr. Dercum.
It was on this day in 1985.
"Peanuts," the comic strip created by Charles M. Schulz, appeared for the first time in seven newspapers on this day in 1950.
Charles Monroe Schulz (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000)
Sting (Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner) is 67 years old today.
Multi-instrumentalist and singer for The Police, Sting is known for such hits as "Don’t Stand So Close to Me" and "Message in a Bottle." He also became a successful solo artist, releasing his first album The Dream of the Blue Turtles in 1985, followed by ten more albums within the next two decades.
President Clinton taking the oath before giving his testimony.
It was on this day in 1998, President Bill Clinton’s testimony in the Monica Lewinsky scandal aired on television.
Clinton greets Lewinsky at a fundraiser before the scandal broke.
On this day in 1981, the U.S. Senate confirmed Sandra Day O’Connor to be the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Supreme Court Justice-nominee Sandra Day O’Connor talks with President Ronald Reagan outside the White House, July 15, 1981.
Sandra Day O’Connor turned 88 in March.
On this day in 1970, "NFL Monday Night Football" made its debut on ABC-TV. The game was between the Cleveland Browns and the New York Jets. The Browns won 31-21.
From left to right: Howard Cosell, Keith Jackson and Don Meredith, the original sportscasters for “Monday Night Football” at the first game between the Jets and Browns.
Stephen Edwin King is 71 years old today.
Author Stephen King ‘s bestselling horror, science fiction, and suspense novels include Carrie,The Shining, Misery, and The Dark Tower series. His numerous literary honors include a Bram Stoker Award, an O. Henry Award, and a National Book Foundation Medal.
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From The shining (1980) starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall.
Public testimony at the Iran-Contra hearing began on this day in 1987 with testimony from Oliver North.
Oliver Laurence North will be 75 in October.
On this day in 1981, United States President Reagan announced he was nominating Arizona Judge Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
President Ronald W. Reagan talks with Supreme Court nominee Sandra Day O’Conner at the White House on July 15, 1981.
Former Beatle drummer Ringo Starr (Sir Richard Starkey) is 78 today.
On this day in 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty could constitute "cruel and unusual punishment." The ruling prompted states to revise their capital punishment laws.
Israel removed barricades, re-unifying Jerusalem on this day in 1967.
On this day in 1995, the shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir docked, forming the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth.
A long-time smoker, Clooney was diagnosed with lung cancer at the end of 2001. Around this time, she gave one of her last concerts in Hawaii, backed by the Honolulu Symphony Pops; her last song was "God Bless America". Her final show was at Red Bank New Jersey’s Count Basie Theater in December 2001. Despite surgery, she died six months later on June 29, 2002, at her Beverly Hills home. Her nephew, actor George Clooney, was a pallbearer at her funeral, which was attended by numerous stars.
Pallbearers carry the casket of Rosemary Clooney out of St. Patrick’s Church after funeral services in Maysville, Ky. Actor George Clooney, at center.
Recorded live on November 16, 2001, Released on November 19, 2001.
Katharine Houghton Hepburn(May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003)
In 1997, Katharine Hepburn had become very weak, was speaking and eating very little, and it was feared she would die.She showed signs of dementia in her final years. In May 2003, an aggressive tumor was found in Hepburn’s neck. The decision was made not to medically intervene, and she died from a cardiac arrest on June 29, 2003, a month after her 96th birthday at the Hepburn family home in Fenwick, Connecticut.
The New York Times began publishing the "Pentagon Papers" on this day in 1971. The articles were a secret study of America’s involvement in Vietnam.
On this day in 1967, Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall (left) was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson (right) to become the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
The landmark "Miranda v. Arizona" decision was issued by the U.S. Supreme Court on this day in 1966 . The decision ruled that criminal suspects had to be informed of their constitutional rights before being questioned by police.
China’s Boxer Rebellion against foreigners and Chinese Christians erupted into violence on this day in 1900.
The unmanned U.S. space probe Pioneer 10 became the first spacecraft to leave the solar system on this day in 1983. It was launched in March 1972. The first up-close images of the planet Jupiter were provided by Pioneer 10.
Benjamin David "Benny" Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986)
Benny Goodman was a jazz clarinetist and bandleader known as the "King of Swing”. He led some of the most “popular musical groups in the mid-1930s. These bands launched the careers of many major jazz artists. Despite
increasing health problems, he continued to play until his death from a heart attack in New York City in 1986, at the age of 77,
