CAMILLE BOHANNON

On this day in 1941,the United States entered World War II when it
declared war against Japan. The act came one day after the attack
on Pearl Harbor. Britain and Canada also declared war on Japan.

John Winston Ono Lennon (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980)

John Lennon (left) signing a copy of Double Fantasy album for Mark Chapman several hours before the murder.

In New York City on this day in 1980, Mark David Chapman shot former Beatle 
John Lennon to death. Earlier in the day, Lennon had autographed an album
for Chapman (above).

The main entrance to The Dakota, where Lennon was shot.

1980 mug shots.

Mark David Chapman turned 63 May 10.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs
a declaration of war.

ROSS SIMPSON

On this day in 1973, Rose Mary Woods, told a federal court she was 
responsible for the 18-1/2 minute gap in a key Watergate tape. She demonstrates the stretch (above) that supposedly led to the deletion
on the tape. Woods was Nixon‘s personal secretary from his days in
Congress in 1951, through the end of his political career.

The motion picture "Casablanca" had its world premiere at the Hollywood Theater in New York City on this day in 1942.

A behind the scenes production still from “Casablanca”

The famous hangar 2 featured in the last scenes of "Casablanca,"
(below) as it looks today at Van Nuys Airport. It was built in 1928.

CAMILLE BOHANNON

Union Gen. William T. Sherman and his troops began their "March to
the Sea" during the U.S. Civil War on this day in 1864. They left the
captured city of Atlanta (depicted above). The campaign ended with
the capture of the port of Savanna on December 21.

William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891)

Union soldiers destroying telegraph poles and railroads, and freeing slaves, who are assisting Union soldiers in making their way to
safety.

GENERAL SHERMAN’S HEADQUARTERS DURING MARCH TO
THE SEA.

General Sherman at the port city of Savannah on the Atlantic coast.

Explorer Zebulon Pike (above) spotted the mountaintop
that became known as Pikes Peak in Colorado.

Pikes Peak, called America’s Mountain for its summit’s role inspiring Katharine Lee Bates to pen “America the Beautiful.”