Remembering History

Lucille Ball in her early radio days in a show called "My Favorite Husband" a prelude to the famous TV show.

James Nachtwey for TIME As the vanquished Hutus fled into Tanzania, they had to leave at the border the weapons with which they had committed the genocide, Rwanda, 1994

Prince Charles and Camilla in 1970 Royal advisers and family members thought her an unsuitable match to the heir to the throne, and he was soon posted overseas on military duty.

Gerald Ford was a college football player and a good athlete, but this one slip-up became a running joke for a bumbling presidency. Chevy Chase performed flamboyant falls on Saturday Night Live, making Ford the show’s first presidential victim. The joke was that Vice President Nelson Rockefeller was just one banana peel away from the presidency.

Gerald Ford was a college football player and a good athlete, but this one slip-up became a running joke for a bumbling presidency. Chevy Chase performed flamboyant falls on Saturday Night Live, making Ford the show’s first presidential victim. The joke was that Vice President Nelson Rockefeller was just one banana peel away from the presidency.

This 1892 J. S. Johnston stereograph is titled "Woman diving from pier" ....this is an awesome picture

Two sisters and their grandparents talk across the dividing line in Berlin, before the wall.

atari pong. I remember being amazed at how cool this game was!

Floor marker at St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington D.C., it reads: " + Here rested the remains of President Kennedy at the Requiem Mass, November 25, 1963 before their removal to Arlington where they lie in expectation of a Heavenly Resurrection."

Floor marker at St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington D.C., it reads: " + Here rested the remains of President Kennedy at the Requiem Mass, November 25, 1963 before their removal to Arlington where they lie in expectation of a Heavenly Resurrection."

President John F. Kennedy and Pope Paul VI talk at the Vatican ~ July 2, 1963 - Kennedy’s meeting with Pope Paul VI at the Vatican was historic: the first Roman Catholic president of the United States was seeing the Roman Catholic pontiff only days after his installation.

President John F. Kennedy and Pope Paul VI talk at the Vatican ~ July 2, 1963 - Kennedy’s meeting with Pope Paul VI at the Vatican was historic: the first Roman Catholic president of the United States was seeing the Roman Catholic pontiff only days after his installation.

Eleanor Roosevelt, John Kennedy, and the Election of 1960.

General DeGaulle speaks with Prince Phillip, at a reception in the White House, following JFK's funeral on 11/25/63. At right is Joan Kennedy.

JFK and JFK — President Kennedy with daughter Caroline in a Kennedy Halloween mask, 1962.

April 25, 1983: Samantha Smith invited to visit USSR. The 9-year-old girl was worried about a war, so she wrote directly to Yuri Andropov to ask him about his intentions. In return, she received a letter emphasizing the USSR's desire for peace, and an invitation to visit the country. She spent 2 weeks there with her parents, and wrote a book about her experiences when she returned home. Sadly, Samantha was killed in a plane crash two years later.

April 25, 1983: Samantha Smith invited to visit USSR. The 9-year-old girl was worried about a war, so she wrote directly to Yuri Andropov to ask him about his intentions. In return, she received a letter emphasizing the USSR's desire for peace, and an invitation to visit the country. She spent 2 weeks there with her parents, and wrote a book about her experiences when she returned home. Sadly, Samantha was killed in a plane crash two years later.

Today in history, President Kennedy signed the 1963 Equal Pay Act, which aimed to reduce income disparity between the sexes. 6/10/63.

On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan and Press Secretary Jim Brady are shot by John Hinckley Jr. outside the Washington Hilton.