Johnny Rivers (John Henry Ramistella) was born in New York City
Rock ‘n’ roll singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer Johnny Rivers charted hits during the 1960s and 1970s and remains best known for a string of hit singles between 1964 and 1968, among them a Chuck Berry "Memphis" , "Mountain of Love", "Secret Agent Man", "Poor Side of Town", which went to #1 and a Motown cover, “Baby I Need Your Lovin”.
Although his recording career is slowing down, Johnny Rivers is still touring, however, performing 50 to 60 shows a year. Increasingly he has returned to the blues that inspired him initially.
Russia’s Bolshevik Revolution took place on this day in 1917. The provisional government of Alexander Kerensky was overthrown by forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.
Hillary Rodham Clinton made history as the first president’s wife to win public office on this day in 2000. The state of New York elected her to the U.S. Senate (New York).
A Florida election official tries to discern a voter’s intentions.
Hanging Chads: As the Florida Recount Implodes, the Supreme Court Decides Bush v. Gore on this day in the 2000 Presidential election. election. Bush narrowly won the election having 271 electoral votes compared to Al Gores’s 266 electoral votes.
This election was between the republican George W. Bush (left) and the democratic-incumbent vice president Albert Arnold Gore.
The middle section of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington state collapsed during a windstorm on this day in 1940.
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge as it looks today.
On this day in 1991, Magic Johnson (standing) announced that he had tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS, and that he was retiring from playing basketball. He had been with the Los Angeles Lakers since 1979.
Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. turned 58 in August.
Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell is 74 today.
The Canadian singer-songwriter and painter Joni Mitchell is called by Rolling Stone, "one of the greatest songwriters ever".
Since 2015, there have been conflicting reports about her current health after she had suffered a brain aneurysm.
Mitchell made her first public appearance following the aneurysm when she attended a Chick Corea concert in Los Angeles in August 2016.
Sen. John F. Kennedy (far right) participates in a panel discussion on NBC’s Meet the Press, which aired on Feb. 14, 1954.
Meet the Press is a weekly televisionnews/interview program broadcast on NBC. It is the longest-running program in television history, though the current format bears little resemblance to the debut episode on November 6, 1947. It originates from NBC’s Washington, D.C. bureau. Meet the Press began on radio on the Mutual Broadcasting System in 1945.
The first host was its creator, Martha Rountree (below) the program’s only full time female moderator to date. She stepped down on November 1, 1953 and until Ned Brooks could take over.
On this day in 1986, The Ash-Shiraa, pro-Syrian Lebanese magazine, first broke the story of U.S. arms sales to Iran to secure the release of seven American hostages. The story turned into the Iran-Contra affair.
Lt. Col. Oliver North during the ‘Iran Contra Hearings’.
