Wednesday, May 31

Good morning!

This past Monday was JFK's 100th birthday. Here he is meeting a teen-age Bill Clinton at the White House.

Today we will view - The Century, 1965-70 

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Today in History

• 1790

  The first U.S. Copyright Law was enacted, protecting books, maps, and other original materials.

• 1889

  Heavy rains caused the South Fork Dam to collapse, sending 20 million tons of water into Johnstown, Pa. Over 2,200 people were killed and the town was nearly destroyed.

• 1911

  The hull of the Titanic was launched in Belfast. At the ceremony, a White Star Line employee claimed, “Not even God himself could sink this ship.”

• 1961

  South Africa became an independent republic.

• 1962

  Former Gestapo official Adolf Eichmann was hanged in Israel.

• 1970

  An earthquake in Peru left more than 50,000 dead.

• 2004

  Alberta Martin, 97, one of the last widows of a U.S. Civil War veteran, died. She had married Confederate veteran William Martin in 1927 when she was 21 and he was 81.

• 2010

  Nine people are dead after an Israeli navy commando attacks a flotilla of cargo ships and passenger boats on their way to Gaza to provide aid and supplies for the area.