CARLATA BRADLEY

on the day in 1792, the cornerstone of the Executive Mansion was
laid in Washington, DC. President George Washington is depicted
above officiating the event. The building became known as the
White House in 1818.

Margaret Hilda Thatcher (October 13, 1925 – April 8, 2013) 

Margaret Thatcher led the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990
and served as its first female Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990. Originally a chemist,
she entered into politics and became known as the Iron Lady for her unwavering
politics.

On this day in 1974.

The Beatles’ First Appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show," 1964.

Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel

Paul Frederic Simon

Singer-songwriter Paul Simon is known for his partnership with Art Garfunkel 
in Simon and Garfunkel. He went on to find solo success with albums like Graceland.

Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was born in Kannapolis, NC.

NASCAR racer Dale Earnhardt, Jr. won the Busch Series Championship in
1998 and 1999 and the Daytona 500 in 2004 and 2014. He went into his
first race with a car he co-owned with his half brother Kerry. Junior, as he
is called by many, won his 12th consecutive Sprint Cup Series Most Popular
Driver Award in 2014. He is the son of NASCAR Hall of Fame member Dale
Earnhardt Sr.

Junior (left) with father Dale Sr. who was killed on February 18, 2001
on the final lap of the Daytona 500. 

Susan Alexandra Weaver

Sigourney Weaver played the resourceful action hero Ellen Ripley in Alien
(1979), Aliens (1986) for which she was nominated for the Academy Award
for Best Actress, Alien 3 (1992), and Alien Resurrection (1997). She also
played Dana Barrett in Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989) 
and Dr. Grace Augustine in Avatar (2009).
 

Sigourney Weaver in Alien.

MIKE  GRACIA

On this day in 20001, the U.S. and Great Britain began airstrikes in Afghanistan
in response to that state’s support of terrorism and Osama bin Laden. The act
was the first military action taken in response to the terrorist attacks on the
U.S. on September 11, 2001. 

On this day in 1985.

On this day in 1991.

Clarence Thomas turned 69 on June  23.

It was on this day in 1998.

The musical "Cats" opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on this day
in 1982. In 1997 the show became the longest running show in
Broadway history.

John J Mellencamp  (John Cougar Mellencamp) is 66 today.

Singer-songwriter John Mellencamp is best known for his #1 hit song,
"Jack & Diane." He has been nominated for more than ten Grammy
Awards and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008.

CAMILLE BOHANNON

Mahatma (Mohandas) K Gandhi was born on this day
in 1869.

On this day in 1919, President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke
that left him partially paralyzed.

Thurgood Marshall was sworn in in this day in 1967. He was the first African-American member of the U.S. Supreme Court.

On this day in 1985.

"Peanuts," the comic strip created by Charles M. Schulz, was published 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 66 years old today.

British born Sting is a multi-instrumentalist and singer for The Police, 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 the next two decades.