SANDY KOZEL
On this day in 1937, the German airship Hindenburg crashed and
burned in Lakehurst, NJ. Thirty-six people, of the 97 on board,
were killed.
Japanese troops landing on Corregidor.
On this day in 1942, during World War II, Japanese military seized
control of the Philippines. About 15,000 Americans and Filipinos
on Corregidor surrendered to the Japanese.
SANDY KOZEL
At Appomattox Court House, Virginia on this day in 1865, General Robert E.
Lee surrendered his Confederate Army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant
in the parlor of Wilmer McClean’s home. Grant allowed Rebel officers to keep
their side arms and permitted soldiers to keep their horses and mules. Though there were still Confederate armies in the field, the war was officially over. The
four years of fighting had killed 360,000 Union troops and 260,000 Confederate troops.
On this day in 2003, Saddam Hussein’s statue is toppled in Baghdad.
NASA announced the selection of America’s first seven astronauts
on this day in 1959.
On this day in 1939, Marian Anderson sang a landmark 1939
concert at the Lincoln Memorial, and blazed a trail for other
black classical singers.
More than 75,000 people come to the Lincoln Memorial on that
Easter Sunday to hear Anderson. She had been scheduled to
sing at Washington’s Constitution Hall, but the Daughters of
the American Revolution, a political organization that helped
manage the concert hall, denied her the right to perform
because of her race. Instead, and at the urging of Eleanor
Roosevelt who had resigned the DAR in protest of their
decision, Marian performed a free open air-concert at the
Lincoln Memorial.
Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993)
Britain’s Prince Charles with his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall acknowledges the crowd at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle in England following their wedding on this day in 2005.
The Official Wedding photograph of Prince Charles and Camilla
with Prince Harry, Prince William, Laura and Tom Parker Bowles.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
On this day in 1777, The Battle of Princeton, New Jersey took place
in the War of Independence, in which George Washington defeated
the British forces, led by Cornwallis.
Ousted Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega surrendered to U.S.
forces on this day in 1990, 10 days after taking refuge in the
Vatican’s diplomatic mission.
Jack Ruby died in a Dallas, TX, hospital on this day in 1967.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (January 3, 1892 – September 2, 1973)
Tolkien was ranked by The Times, a London newspaper, as one of the 50
greatest English authors since 1945 and he is widely considered to be the
father of the modern fantasy genre.
NANCY LYONS
Depiction of the surrender of the British army of Cornwallis at
Yorktown to General Washington on this day in 1781.
On this day in 1987.
On this day in 1812, Napoleon’s forces began retreat from Moscow.
Concorde makes first landing at JFK Airport in New York on this
day in 1977.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
Japan surrendered to the U.S. aboard the USS Missouri on this
day in 1945, ending World War II. The war ended six years and
one day after it began.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur signs the documents of Japanese
surrender.
During the U.S. Civil War on this day in 1864, Union forces led by
Gen. William T. Sherman (below) occupied Atlanta following the
retreat of the Confederates.
The Great Fire of London broke out on this day in 1666. The fire
burned for three days destroying 10,000 buildings including St.
Paul’s Cathedral. Only 6 people were killed.
It was on this day in 1969.
It was announced on this day in 1985, the remains of the Titanic
had been found on September 1 by a U.S. and French expedition
560 miles off Newfoundland. The luxury liner had been missing
for 73 years. The tragedy of the RMS Titanic rocked the world
on April 15, 1912.
