Mary Elizabeth Jenkins Surratt
(1820 or May 1823 – July 7, 1865)

Mary Surratt was executed by the U.S. government for her
role as a conspirator in Abraham Lincoln’s assassination.

Surratt, who owned a tavern in Surrattsville (now Clinton),
Maryland, had to convert her row house in Washington, D.C.,
into a boardinghouse as a result of financial difficulties.

Located a few blocks from Ford’s Theatre, where Lincoln
was murdered, this house served as the place where a
group of Confederate supporters, including John Wilkes
Booth, conspired to assassinate the president. It was
Surratt’s association with Booth that ultimately led to her
conviction, though debate continues as to the extent of
her involvement and whether it really warranted so harsh
a sentence.

A newspaper drawing of Surratt receiving comfort
from one of the priests permitted to visit her in her
prison cell.

Aftermath of the execution of Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell,
David Herold, and George Atzerodt on July 7, 1865.

Surratt’s boarding house, c. 1890, little changed
from how it looked during her occupancy.

Surratt’s boarding house, which now houses a restaurant,
is in the Chinatown neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

Ringo Starr (Sir Richard Starkey) is 82 years old today. 

Musician, songwriter and actor Ringo Starr achieved international
fame as the drummer for The Beatles along with members John
Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison. They are regarded
as the most influential band of all time.

George W. Bush is shown climbing the steps to his Texas National Guard fighter plane. He was inducted into the
Texas Aviation Hall of Fame in 2017.

On July 6, 1946, George Walker Bush—the son of 41st U.S.
President George Herbert Walker Bush—was born in New
Haven, Connecticut. He went on to become the 43rd U.S.
president.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland city leaders could be set for a major
pay raise in 2025 when Portland’s new form of government starts
after an independent salary commission released its first salary
proposal for the 12-member city council, mayor, and auditor.

Current city commissioners make just over $127,000; the proposal
would give them a sizable raise to $142,404 a year. The mayor
would also get a bump – from the current salary of about $151,000
to just over $175,000.

With the expanded council – from four seats to 12 seats – and the
salary increases, the cost for council and mayor salaries would
go from about $662,000 to almost $1.9 million.
by Wright Gazaway (KATU)

On July 6, 1994, the movie Forrest Gump opened in U.S.
theaters. A huge box-office success, the film starred Tom
Hanks in the title role of Forrest, a good-hearted man with
a low I.Q. who winds up at the center of key cultural and
historical events of the second half of the 20th century.

Forrest Gump was based on a 1986 novel of the same
name by Winston Groom, who (like his main character)
grew up in Alabama and served in the Army during
Vietnam.

Forrest and Jenny