TODAY IN HISTORY
On May 23, 1915, Italy declared war on AustriaHungary during World War I.
In 1934, bank robbers Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were shot to death
in a police ambush in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
In 1937, industrialist and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller died in Ormond Beach, Florida, at age 97.
In 1975, comedian Jackie “Moms” Mabley, 81, died in White Plains, New York.
In 1984, Surgeon General C. Everett Koop issued a
report saying there was “very solid” evidence linking cigarette smoke to lung disease in non-smokers.
President
George W. Bush, speaking at the U.S. Coast
Guard commencement, portrayed the Iraq War as a battle between the U.S. and al-Qaida and said Osama bin Laden was setting up a terrorist cell in Iraq to strike targets in America.