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The Solviets Make History
The Solviet Union was the first to send man into space on April 12, 1961. Yuri Gagarin made history by being the first man/person ever to enter space and to also orbit the Earth. -
The Barlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was both the physical division between West Berlin and East Germany from 1961 to 1989 and it was built for the symbolic boundary between democracy and Communism during the Cold War. -
JFK Assinated
It was just before 12:30 p.m. thousands of people lined the parade route hoping for a glance at President Kennedy and his beautiful wife. After passing the Texas School Book Depository, which was situated at the corner of Houston and Elm, shots suddenly rang out. One of the shots that the shooter fired off hit President Kennedy's throat and he reached up with both hands toward the injury. Then another shot struck President Kennedy’s head. At 1 p.m. Kennedy was pronounced dead. -
Terrorists Attack at the Olympic Games in Munich
The 1972 Olympic Games were in Munich, Germany. It was early in the morning eight members of the Palestinian terrorist organization, Black September snuck into the Olympic Village. German officials decided that they couldn't let the terroist leave the country so they setup a rescue attemp at the airport. The rescue attempt failed and all nine of the Israeli hostages were killed during the shoot-out. Five of the Black September members were killed and the other three were taken into custody. -
Joshua M Bartolomey
On April 14 1980 Maria's second child was born. Joshua is my father.
