TIM MAGUIRE

On this day in 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated in New York City at
the age of 39 by assassins identified as Black Muslims. He was about
to address the OAAU in Manhattan’s Audubon Ballroom when a man
in the 400-person audience rushed forward and shot him once in the 
chest with a sawed-off shotgun as two other men charged the stage
firing semi-automatic handguns. Malcolm X was pronounced dead at
3:30 pm, shortly after arriving at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital.

The Audubon Ballroom stage after the murder. Circles on backdrop
mark bullet holes.

Malcolm X (Little) (1925–1965)

On this day in 1972, President Richard M. Nixon arrived in China for
an official trip. He was the first U.S. president to visit the People’s Republic of China since it was established in 1949. This was an
important event because the United States was seeking to improve relations with a Communist country during the Cold War.         

    
    
    
   

President and Mrs. Nixon visit the Great Wall of China.      
   

President Nixon and Prime Minister Zhou Enlai, left, in Shanghai at
the end of Nixon’s visit.

CARLATA BRADLEY

On this day in 1943, work was completed on the Pentagon and it was dedicated as the world’s largest office building located just outside
Washington, DC, in Arlington, VA. The structure covers 34 acres of
land and has 17 miles of corridors.

The first National Football League (NFL) Super Bowl was played on
this day in 1967. The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City
Chiefs of the American Football League. The final score was 35-10.

Even though ticket prices averaged just $12, it was the only Super Bowl that
didn’t sell out. The game aired on two different networks, NBC and CBS and
drew in an audience of more than 61,000 fans. The popularity of the event
continued to grow after the leagues integrated.

Super Bowl I – Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

The Packers quarterback Bart Starr.

Football great and TV commentator Frank Gifford (second from left).

Stewart Robert "Bob" Einstein (November 20, 1942 – January 2, 2019)

(Variety) – Bob Einstein, an offbeat comedian and writer whose career 
stretched from “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” to “Curb Your
Enthusiasm,” has died.

Einstein died Wednesday in Indian Wells, Calif. He had been recently diagnosed with cancer.

Bob Einstein, aka Super Dave Osborne,
The World’s Greatest Daredevil Stuntman.

Guy Lombardo’s Final New Year’s Eve. Appearance – 1976-1977.

President John Kennedy slumps against his wife Jacqueline as she reaches towards Secret Service agent Clint Hill.

Two hours and eight minutes after the death of John F. Kennedy,
Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as President on board Air Force
One.

On this day in 1963, CBS news anchor Walter Cronkite was standing over the newswire machine when a bulletin broke announcing that President Kennedy
had been shot. The network was 10 minutes into a live broadcast of a soap
opera, but at Cronkite’s insistence the news division broke in with audio
updates.  At 2:38 p.m., Cronkite wept on air when he made the official announcement that President John F. Kennedy was dead.

Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin
of President John F. Kennedy.

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy
(May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963)