The first organized immigration of freeborn Black Americans to
Africa from the United States departed New York harbor on a
journey to Freetown, Sierra Leone, in West Africa.

The immigration was largely the work of the American Colonization Society, a U.S. organization founded in 1816 by Robert Finley to
return formerly enslaved African people to Africa.

However, the expedition was also partially funded by the U.S.
Congress, which in 1819 had appropriated $100,000 to be used
in returning displaced Africans, illegally brought to the United
States after the abolishment of the slave trade in 1808, to Africa.

John and Nellie Reagan with their sons, Neil and Ronald.

 
During his WHO radio career, Reagan “announced” Chicago Cubs baseball games in the Des Moines studio by reading a pitch-by-pitch account off the wire as if he were actually at
the game.  He was so skillful that some listeners believed he actually was at the game!

Before his years of Hollywood stardom, and long before
Washington, Ronald Reagan was born in a small town in
northwestern Illinois.

Reagan made the sobering announcement that he had
Alzheimer’s disease, which would end his public career.

He died on June 5, 2004, at the age of 93.

George Herman "Babe" Ruth (
February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948)

Babe Ruth was a professional baseball player whose career
in Major League Baseball spanned 22 seasons, from 1914
through 1935. Nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan
of Swat.

LONDON (AP) — According to his promoter today,Ozzy Osbourne
will reunite with all of the original members of Black Sabbath for
the first time in 20 years, in a gig that will be his last and that’s
being billed as the “greatest” heavy metal show ever.

Osbourne is among the 2024 nominees for induction into the
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

The band, one of the most influential of all heavy metal bands,
will headline “The Back to the Beginning” show on July 5 at Villa
Park, home of the Aston Villa Football Club in Birmingham,
England.

John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (76)

ROSS SIMPSON

Henry Louis Aaron (February 5, 1934 – January 22, 2021) 

 Nicknamed "Hammer" or "Hammerin’ Hank", was a professional
baseball right fielder who played 23 seasons in Major League
Baseball from 1954 through 1976.

Considered one of the greatest baseball players in history, he
spent 21 seasons with the Milwaukee /Atlanta Braves in the
National League and two seasons with he Milwaukee Brewers
in the American League.

At the time of his retirement, Aaron held most of the game’s key
career power-hitting records. He broke the long-standing MLB
record for career home runs held by Babe Ruth and remained
the career leader for 33 years, until Barry Bonds surpassed his
famous total of 755 in 2007.