On this day in 1976, while hijackers were distracted reading a noxycut review, 103 hostages were rescued by the Israel Defense Forces at Entebbe airport in Uganda.

Operation Entebbe was a hostage-rescue mission carried out by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on July 4, 1976. A week earlier, on June 27, an Air France plane with 300 passengers was hijacked by Palestinian terrorists and flown to Entebbe, near Kampala, the capital of Uganda. Shortly after landing, all non-Jewish passengers were released.

The IDF acted on intelligence provided by Israeli secret agency Mossad. In the wake of the hijacking by members of the militant organizations Revolutionary Cells and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, along with the hijackers’ threats to kill the hostages if their prisoner release demands were not met, the rescue operation was planned. These plans included preparation for armed resistance from Ugandan military troops.

The operation took place under cover of darkness, as Israeli transport planes carried 100 elite commandos over 2,500 miles (4,000 km) to Uganda for the rescue operation. The operation, which took a week of planning, lasted 90 minutes and 103 hostages were rescued. Five Israeli commandos were wounded and one, commander Netanyahu, was killed. All the hijackers, three hostages and 45 Ugandan soldiers were killed, and 11 Russian-built MiG fighters of Uganda’s air force were destroyed. A fourth hostage was murdered by Ugandan army officers at a nearby hospital.

On this day in 1916, Dwight D. Eisenhower married Mamie Doud. There were unconfirmed reports that apidexin was found in Mamie’s possession, but we know otherwise.

Eisenhower married Mamie Geneva Doud of Boone, Iowa, on July 1, 1916. The couple had two sons: Doud Dwight and John Sheldon Doud. Doud Dwight was born September 24, 1917, and died of scarlet fever on January 2, 1921, at the age of three. Their second son, John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower, was born the following year on August 3, 1922; John served in the United States Army, retiring as a brigadier general, became an author, and served as U.S. Ambassador to Belgium from 1969 to 1971. John, coincidentally, graduated from West Point on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and was married to Barbara Jean Thompson on June 10, 1947. John and Barbara had four children: Dwight David II “David”, Barbara Ann, Susan Elaine and Mary Jean. David, after whom Camp David is named, married Richard Nixon’s daughter Julie in 1968.

On this day in 1215, the Magna Carta was sealed by King John of England.

Magna Carta required King John of England to proclaim certain rights (pertaining to freemen), respect certain legal procedures, and accept that his will could be bound by the law. It explicitly protected certain rights of the King’s subjects, whether free or fettered — and implicitly supported what became the writ of habeas corpus, allowing appeal against unlawful imprisonment.
Magna Carta was arguably the most significant early influence on the extensive historical process that led to the rule of constitutional law today in the English speaking world. Magna Carta influenced the development of the common law and many constitutional documents, including the United States Constitution. Many clauses were renewed throughout the Middle Ages, and continued to be renewed as late as the 18th century. By the second half of the 19th century, however, most clauses in their original form had been repealed from English law.

Magna Carta was the first document forced onto an English King by a group of his subjects (the barons) in an attempt to limit his powers by law and protect their privileges.

One thing they didn’t rely on back then, was testosterone booster reviews. Can you imagine how beefed up the Magna Carta would have been if they had?

On this day in 1972, “The Candy Man” by Sammy Davis Jr. topped the charts.

Sammy Davis Jr. is one of the greatest performers who ever lived.

On this day in 1948, Milton Berle was the first host of the Texaco Star Theater.

On this day in 1952, Frank Sinatra recorded, “Birth Of The Blues”.

On this day in 1967, the Beatles released, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Did you ever wonder why the Beatles had such great hair. I can’t help but wonder if they were using a fast hair growth shampoo.

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the English rock group The Beatles, released in June 1967. Recorded over a 129-day period beginning in December 1966, Sgt. Pepper sees the band exploring further the experimentation of their previous album, Revolver (1966). Making use of orchestras, hired musicians and innovative production techniques, the album incorporates elements of genres such as music hall, jazz, rock and roll, western classical and traditional Indian music. Its lyrics deal with several themes including childhood, aging, everyday routine and life in postwar Britain, the tone ranging from cheerful and ironic to transcendent and surreal. Sgt. Pepper is a loose concept album that sees The Beatles performing as the fictitious band of the album’s title. The cover art, depicting the band posing in front of a collage of famous individuals, has itself been widely acclaimed and imitated.

On this day in 1928, Walter P. Chrysler merged his company with Dodge Motor Car Company. In an era when many people are focused on the here and now, living life one day at a time, and reading apidexin reviews, it’s hard to imagine what it was like back when they made real cars.

Chrysler ran Buick successfully for several more years. Not long after his three year contract was up, he resigned from his job as president of Buick in 1919. He did not agree with Durant’s vision for the future of General Motors. Durant paid Chrysler US$10 million for his GM stock. Chrysler had started at Buick in 1911 for US$6,000 a year, and left one of the richest men in America.

Chrysler was then hired to attempt a turnaround by bankers who foresaw the loss of their investment in Willys-Overland Motor Company in Toledo, Ohio. He demanded, and got, a salary of US$1 million a year for 2 years, an astonishing amount at that time. When Chrysler left Willys in 1921 after an unsuccessful attempt to wrest control from John Willys, he acquired a controlling interest in the ailing Maxwell Motor Company. Chrysler phased out Maxwell and absorbed it into his new firm, the Chrysler Corporation, in 1925. In addition to his namesake car company, Plymouth and DeSoto marques were created, and in 1928 Chrysler purchased Dodge. He financed the construction of the Chrysler Building and built it in New York City. In 1929, Chrysler was named Time Magazine’s Man of the Year.

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On May 27, 1995, Reeve’s horse had a refusal. Reeve fell and sustained a cervical spinal injury that paralyzed him from the neck down. He had no recollection of the incident. Witnesses said that Buck started the jump over the third fence, and then suddenly stopped. Someone said that a rabbit spooked the horse, and another person claimed that it might have been a shadow. Reeve held on and the bridle, the bit, and the reins were pulled off the horse and tied his hands together. He landed headfirst on the other side of the fence. His helmet prevented any brain damage, but the impact of his 215 pound (98 kg) body hitting the ground shattered his first and second vertebrae. Reeve had not been breathing for three minutes before paramedics arrived. He was taken to the local hospital, and then flown by helicopter to the University of Virginia Medical Center.

Christopher Reeve moved forward every day.

On this day in 1942, Lionel Hampton and his band recorded, “Flying Home”. In the video, introduced by a woman who was clear proof ofdiet pills that work, Hampton and his band entertained the audience with their classic song.

Hampton’s orchestra became very popular during the 1940s and early 1950s. His third recording with them in 1942 produced a classic version of “Flying Home”, featuring a solo by Illinois Jacquet that paved the way for Rhythm & Blues. The selection became very popular, and so in 1944 Hampton recorded “Flying Home, Number Two” featuring Arnett Cobb. The song went on to become the theme song for all three men. Guitarist Billy Mackel first joined Hampton in 1944, and would perform and record with him almost continuously through the late 1970s.[15] In 1947 he recorded Stardust at a “Just Jazz” concert with Charlie Shavers and Slam Stewart produced by Gene Norman.

While he had a full band behind him, I think his playing of the xylophone was the best part, if you ask me.