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Today in History 08/30 (Leona Helmsley)

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Leona Helmsley leaves the New York Federal courthouse in 1989 (© Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage/Getty Images)(1989) The ‘Queen of Mean’ is convicted on tax evasion charges
New York hotel magnate Leona Helmsley, is said to have once proclaimed, “We don’t pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.” This likely didn’t help her case, and neither did testimony regarding her fiery temper, overinflated ego, and dodgy financial dealings, and she’s found guilty of tax evasion.
Leona Mindy Roberts Helmsley was an American businesswoman, known for her flamboyant personality and her reputation for tyrannical behavior, earning her the sobriquet Queen of Mean.
Lived: Jul 04, 1920 – Aug 20, 2007 (age 87)
Nationality: American
Spouse: Harry Helmsley (m. 1972 – 1997)
Children: Jay Panzirer (Son)
Siblings: Sylvia Roman (Sister) · Alvin Rosenthal (Brother)
Parents: Morris Rosenthal (Father) · Ida Rosenthal (Mother)
Highlights
  • 1968: In 1968, while Roberts was working as a condominium broker, she met and began her involvement with the then-married real estate entrepreneur Harry Helmsley.

  • 1972: Leona Helmsley married Harry Helmsley on April 08, 1972; their marriage lasted 25 years till 1997.

  • 1982: On March 31, 1982, Helmsley’s only child, Jay Panzirer, died of a heart attack resulting from arrhythmia.

  • 1989: In 1989, an unauthorized biography titled The Queen of Mean: The Unauthorized Biography of Leona Helmsley was published by Bantam Books (ISBN 978-0553285581).

  • 1989: After allegations of non-payment were made by contractors hired to improve Helmsley’s Connecticut home, she was investigated and convicted of federal income tax evasion and other crimes in 1989.

  • 2007: Leona Helmsley died of congestive heart failure at the age of 87, on August 20, 2007, at Dunnellen Hall, her summer home in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Mug shot of Leona Helmsley
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(1989) The ‘Queen of Mean’ is convicted on tax evasion charges.
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1797 | The creator of a monster, Mary Shelley, is created
Marry Wollstonecraft Shelley (nee Godwin) is born in northwest London. She’ll go on to write biographies, travel books, and novels, most notably ‘Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus’ at age 20.
1967 | Justice Marshall, a slave’s grandson makes history at US Supreme Court
Thirteen years after he successfully argued in front of the US Supreme Court against racial segregation in the landmark case ‘Brown v. Board of Education,’ Thurgood Marshall is confirmed by the Senate to become the first African American justice on that very same court.
1970 | Isle of Wight fest tops Woodstock as more than half a million rock
Some 600,000 people crowd an English island as a five-day rock music concert comes to a close. Europe’s answer to 1969’s epoch-making Woodstock gathering, the Isle of Wight festival features headliner Jimi Hendrix in one of his last performances before his death less than a month later.

Today in History 08/30/17

Justice Thurgood Marshall stands outside the Supreme Court building in Washington DC, after being sworn in as the first African American justice to serve on the high court (© AP)(1967) A slave's grandson makes history at US Supreme Court
Thirteen years after he successfully argued in front of the US Supreme Court against racial segregation in the landmark case 'Brown v. Board of Education,' Thurgood Marshall is confirmed by the Senate to become the first African American justice on that very same court.
Thurgood Marshall was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving from October 1967 until October 1991. Marshall was the Court's 96th justice and its first African-American justice.
Lived: Jul 02, 1908 - Jan 24, 1993 (age 84)
Spouse: Cecilia Suyat (m. 1955 - 1993) · Vivian Burey (m. 1929 - 1955)
Education: Howard University School of Law · Lincoln University · Howard University · Frederick Douglass High School
Children: Thurgood Marshall, Jr. (Son)
Founded: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Parents: Norma Africa Marshall (Mother) · William Marshall (Father)
Highlights
  • 1934: He began his 25-year affiliation with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1934 by representing the organization in the law school discrimination suit Murray v. Pearson.

  • 1936: In 1936, Marshall became part of the national staff of the NAACP.

  • 1955: After her death in February 1955, Marshall married Cecilia Suyat in December of that year.

  • 1955: Thurgood Marshall married Cecilia Suyat on December 01, 1955.

  • 1965: Marshall remained on that court until 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed him to be the United States Solicitor General, the first African American to hold the office.

  • 1993: Marshall died of heart failure at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, at 2:58 pm on January 24, 1993, at the age of 84.

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Today in History 07/23 (Battle of Chios)

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Small beach on the eastern shore of Chios Island (© Izzet Keribar/Getty Images)(1319) Seafaring knights do battle in the Aegean
Turkish Aydinid pirate ships roam the Aegean Sea, pouncing on Latin-held islands. And since Venice and Genoa are feuding with each other, it falls to the Hospitallers to engage in briny battle, where the Knights destroy or capture 22 out of 28 Aydinid vessels for an impressive victory.
The Battle of Chios was a naval battle fought off the shore of the eastern Aegean island of Chios between a Latin Christian—mainly Hospitaller—fleet and a Turkish fleet from the Aydinid emirate. The Christian fleet was resoundingly victorious, but for the Ayinids, who had been engaging in piracy since the collapse of Byzantine power, it was only a temporary setback in their rise to prominence.
Date: Jul 23, 1319

This folio from Walters manuscript W.658 contains a detailed map of Chios (Sakiz, Saqiz) Island with its fortress and other topographical features
16th-century detailed map of Chios by Piri Reis
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(1319) Seafaring knights do battle in the Aegean.
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1952 | Egypt’s military coup is launched and an Egyptian king will abdicate
Decadent, politically ineffectual, and increasingly unpopular, Egypt’s King Farouk is overthrown by a military coup headed by future Egyptian president Abdel Nasser. The Revolution of 1952 will erase the last trace of British colonial influence from Egypt and the Sudan.
1967 | Violence in Detroit as the 12th Street Riot begins
Tensions between African American residents and the police flare in Detroit, Michigan, during an early morning raid on a nightclub. Before the riot ends five days later, 43 people will be killed, more than 300 injured, some 1,400 buildings burned, and more than 7,000 people will be arrested.
1996 | Kerri Strug’s gutsy performance vaults US women to gold
Up against Russian and Romanian might, US women have put in a stellar performance at the Atlanta Olympics, and the first US women’s gymnastics team gold medal is secured when Kerri Strug sticks the landing on her second vault, despite having sprained her ankle on the first go.

Today in History 07/23/17

Meeting of the Egyptian 'Free Officers' in Cairo in 1952 (© AFP/Getty Images)(1952) Revolution is launched and an Egyptian king will abdicate
Decadent, politically ineffectual, and increasingly unpopular, Egypt's King Farouk is overthrown by a military coup headed by future Egyptian president Abdel Nasser. The Revolution of 1952 will erase the last trace of British colonial influence from Egypt and the Sudan.
The Egyptian revolution of 1952, also known as the July 23 revolution, began on July 23, 1952, by the Free Officers Movement, a group of army officers led by Muhammad Naguib and Gamal Abdel Nasser. The revolution was initially aimed at overthrowing King Faruq. However, the movement had more political ambitions, and soon moved to abolish the constitutional monarchy and aristocracy of Egypt and Sudan, establish a republic, end the British occupation of the country, and secure the independence of Sudan. The revolutionary government adopted a staunchly nationalist, anti-imperialist agenda, which came to be expressed chiefly through Arab nationalism, and international non-alignment.
Date: Jul 23, 1952
Nasser and Naguib, 1954
The leaders of the revolution, Muhammad Naguib (left) and Gamal Abdel Nasser (right) in a Cadillac

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Today in History 06/05/18 (Six-Day War begins)

Israeli Sherman M4 tanks are seen moving towards the Sinai during Israel's invasion of the Sinai in the six day war of Israel on June 6, 1967 (© AP )(1967) Israel launches preemptive attack on Egyptian air power
Citing an Arab military build-up near its border with Egypt, Israel launches air strikes on Egyptian airfields, destroying upwards of 400 aircraft. The Six-Day War will grow to include Syria and Jordan, and Israel will capture the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, and the Golan Heights.
The Six-Day War, also known as the June War, 1967 Arab–Israeli War, or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between 5 and 10 June 1967 by Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.
Start date: Jun 05, 1967
End date: Jun 10, 1967

Six Day War Territories
Territory held by Israel before and after the Six Day War. The Straits of Tiran are circled, between the Gulf of Aqaba to the north and the Red Sea to the south.
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(1967) Israel launches preemptive attack on Egyptian air power.
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People at a concert in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park in 1967 (© AP)(1967) Prelude to ‘Summer of Love’ in San Francisco
With tunes from the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane, talks from Timothy Leary, and free LSD provided by Owsley Stanley, the Human Be-In turns on, tunes in, and drops out at Golden Gate Park.
The Human Be-In was an event in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park Polo Fields on January 14, 1967. It was a prelude to San Francisco’s Summer of Love, which made the Haight-Ashbury district a symbol of American counterculture and introduced the word “psychedelic” to suburbia.
Date: Jan 14, 1967

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/collections/sixties/sixties_alt.html University of Virginia Special Collections Library
Poster announcement for the Human Be-In in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco in 1967
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Today in History 10/08/17

Revolutionary leader Ernesto 'Che' Guevara (© Tony Ortega/AP)(1967) A revolutionary’s journey ends in the Bolivian jungle
Native of Argentina, revolutionary in Cuba, writer and doctor, Che Guevara has spent the last two years traveling in Africa and South America championing the cause of Marxist ideology. He’s now caught in Bolivia after 1,800 CIA-backed soldiers surround his guerrilla encampment.
Ernesto “Che” Guevara was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a ubiquitous countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture.
Lived: Jun 14, 1928 – Oct 09, 1967 (age 39)
Height: 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
Spouse: Aleida March (m. 1959 – 1967) · Hilda Gadea (m. 1955 – 1959)
Movies: Che: Part Two · Os caminhos de Che: Um Diário de Motocicleta · Carnet de identidad
Children: Aleida Guevara (Daughter) · Hilda Guevara (Daughter) · Celia Guevara (Daughter) · Ernesto Guevara (Son) · Camilo Guevara (Son)
Related movies: The Motorcycle Diaries · Che: Part One
Highlights
  • 1953: Upon returning to Argentina, he completed his studies and received his medical degree in June 1953, making him officially “Dr. Ernesto Guevara”.

  • 1955: In June 1955, López introduced him to Raúl Castro, who subsequently introduced him to his older brother, Fidel Castro, the revolutionary leader who had formed the 26th of July Movement and was now plotting to overthrow the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista.

  • 1958: Then in late July 1958, Guevara played a critical role in the Battle of Las Mercedes by using his column to halt a force of 1,500 men called up by Batista’s General Cantillo in a plan to encircle and destroy Castro’s forces.

  • 1959: On June 2, 1959, he married Aleida March, a Cuban-born member of the 26th of July movement with whom he had been living since late 1958.

  • 1965: Guevara left Cuba in 1965 to foment revolution abroad, first unsuccessfully in Congo-Kinshasa and later in Bolivia, where he was captured by CIA-assisted Bolivian forces and summarily executed.

  • 1966: His diary documented events of the guerrilla campaign in Bolivia, with the first entry on November 7, 1966, shortly after his arrival at the farm in Ñancahuazú, and the last dated October 7, 1967, the day before his capture.

Museo Che Guevara, Havana Cuba
Popularized cropped version of Guerrillero Heroico – Che Guevara at the funeral for the victims of the La Coubre explosion

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