Today in History 04/28/17

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Illustration of Captain Bligh and his officers being set adrift from the HMS Bounty in 1789 (© Art Media/Print Collector/Getty Images)(1789) Mutiny breaks out on the HMS Bounty
Having completed his mission of sailing from England to Tahiti to gather breadfruit saplings, Captain Bligh finds his command under siege less than a month into the return voyage. Acting Lieutenant Fletcher Christian leads the mutinous crewmembers, and they will set Bligh and 18 loyalists adrift in an open boat.
The mutiny on the Royal Navy vessel HMS Bounty occurred in the south Pacific on 28 April 1789. Led by Acting Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, disaffected crewmen seized control of the ship from their captain, Lieutenant William Bligh, and set him and 18 loyalists adrift in the ship’s open launch. The mutineers variously settled on Tahiti or on Pitcairn Island. Bligh meanwhile completed a voyage of more than 3,500 nautical miles in the launch to reach safety, and began the process of bringing the mutineers to justice.
Date: Apr 28, 1789

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Muhammad Ali speaks to reporters after he posted bond on a federal grand jury indictment. (© Ed Kolenovsky/AP​)(1967) Muhammad Ali refuses Army induction
Muhammad Ali refuses to be drafted into the Army during the Vietnam War, citing race issues in the US and his religious beliefs. The protest will lead to his arrest and suspension of his boxing license for several years, putting Ali in the spotlight as a controversial figure and civil rights icon instead of in the boxing ring.
Muhammad Ali was an American professional boxer and activist. He is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated sports figures of the 20th century. From early in his career, Ali was known as an inspiring, controversial, and polarizing figure both inside and outside the ring.
Lived: Jan 17, 1942 – Jun 03, 2016 (age 74)
Height: 6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
Spouse: Yolanda Williams (m. 1986 – 2016) · Verónica Porche Ali (m. 1977 – 1986) · Khalilah ‘Belinda’ Ali (m. 1967 – 1977) · Sonji Roi (m. 1964 – 1966)
Children: Laila Ali (Daughter) · Muhammad Ali Jr. (Son) · Asaad Amin (Son) · Maryum Ali (Daughter) · Hana Ali (Daughter) · Khaliah Ali (Daughter) · Rasheda Ali (Daughter) · Jamillah Ali (Daughter) · Miya Ali (Daughter)
Siblings: Rahman Ali (Brother)
Related movies: Ali
Website: www.ali.com
Highlights
  • 1975: Construction of the mall, the first of its kind in the Philippines, began shortly after Ali’s victory in a match with Joe Frazier in nearby Araneta Coliseum in 1975.

  • 1986: On November 19, 1986, Ali married Yolanda (“Lonnie”) Williams.

  • 1988: In 1988, Ali and Frazier joined Foreman, Larry Holmes, and Ken Norton in Las Vegas for the making of the film Champions Forever.

  • 2002: In an interview published in 2002, Joe Frazier recalled that he had first met Ali around 1968.

  • 2011: In 2011, on the eve of the 40th anniversary of his first fight with Ali, and the year of his death, Frazier reiterated that he had forgiven Ali.

  • 2016: Though his condition was initially described as “fair”, it worsened and he died the following day at age 74 from septic shock.

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Aldrich Ames in 1994 (© Mark Wilson/AP)(1994) Ames receives life sentence after spying for Soviets
CIA counterintelligence officer, and spy for the USSR and Russia, Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to espionage and is sentenced to life in prison. His years of treason compromised hundreds of intelligence operations and led to the execution of sources.
Aldrich Hazen Ames is a former American Central Intelligence Agency operative and analyst turned KGB mole, who was convicted of espionage in 1994. He is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole in the Federal Correctional Institution in Terre Haute, Indiana Ames was formerly a 31-year CIA counterintelligence operative and analyst who committed espionage against the United States by spying for the Soviet Union and Russia. At the time of his arrest, Ames had compromised more CIA “assets” than any other mole in history until Robert Hanssen’s arrest seven years later. As far as is currently known, Ames compromised the second-most number of assets, behind only Hanssen.
Born: May 26, 1941 (age 75) · River Falls, WI
Spouse: Maria del Rosario Casas Dupuy · Nancy Segebarth
Education: George Washington University · University of Chicago · McLean High School
Parents: Carleton Cecil Ames (Father) · Rachel Aldrich Ames
Highlights
  • 1977: In 1977, Ames was assigned to handle him, and Fedorenko betrayed information about the Soviet missile program to Ames.

  • 1983: Nevertheless, in September 1983, the CIA assigned Ames back to the SE division in Washington.

  • 1985: Yurchenko returned to the Soviet Union in 1985 and was reassigned to a desk job within the FCD, a reward for helping to keep Ames’ spying a secret.

  • 1986: In 1986 and 1991, Ames passed two polygraph examinations while spying for the Soviet Union and Russia, respectively.

  • 1990: Nevertheless, in 1990–91, Ames was reassigned to the CIA’s Counterintelligence Center Analysis Group, providing him with access to “extremely sensitive data”, including information on US double agents.

  • 1994: On February 22, 1994, Ames and his wife were formally charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union and Russia.

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Dennis Tito gives a thumbs-up prior to boarding the Russian Soyuz TM-32 rocket in Kazakhstan on April 28, 2001 (© Mikhial Metzel/AP)(2001) US millionaire entrepreneur is first tourist in space
A former aerospace engineer, investment banker Dennis Tito pays $20 million to hitch a ride on the Russian Soyuz TM-32 mission. The amateur astronaut will spend more than a week orbiting earth as a visitor on the International Space Station.
Dennis Anthony Tito is an American engineer and multimillionaire, most widely known as the first space tourist to fund his own trip into space. In mid-2001, he spent nearly eight days in orbit as a crew member of ISS EP-1, a visiting mission to the International Space Station. This mission was launched by the spacecraft Soyuz TM-32, and was landed by Soyuz TM-31.
Born: Aug 08, 1940 (age 76) · Queens, NY
Spouse: Elizabeth Pavlova James
Space missions: Expedition 2 · Soyuz TM-32 · Soyuz TM-31
Education: New York University · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Children: Bradford James Tito (Son) · Michael Anthony Tito (Son) · Paula Joan Tito
Highlights
  • 1972: In 1972, he founded Wilshire Associates, a leading provider of investment management, consulting and technology services in Santa Monica, California.

  • 2001: In mid-2001, he spent nearly eight days in orbit as a crew member of ISS EP-1, a visiting mission to the International Space Station.

  • 2002: He is a member of Psi Upsilon and received an honorary doctorate of engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on May 18, 2002 and is a former scientist of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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