All Jews are expelled from Spain

The next day, he walked where the troops had gone before. The popular war correspondent wrote, “I took a walk along the historic coast of Normandy in the country of France. It was a lovely day for strolling along the seashore. Men were sleeping in the sand, some of them sleeping forever. Men were floating in the water, but they didn’t know they were in the water, for they were dead.” 

“... There in a jumbled row for mile on mile were soldiers’ packs. There were socks and shoe polish, sewing kits, diaries, Bibles, hand grenades. There were the latest letters from home, with the address on each one neatly razored out -- one of the security precautions enforced before the boys embarked ...” 

Ernie Pyle was born on this day in 1900 in Indiana. He grew up on a farm near the town of Dana (the location of the Ernie Pyle Museum and Historic Site), the only child of Will and Maria Pyle. Although his military career was brief, having enlisted in the Naval Reserve shortly before the end of WWI, it was his career in journalism that took him to the front lines. Pyle studied journalism at Indiana University, but left before getting his degree to work in the real world. His first job as reporter was for the LaPorte Herald, but he moved on to the Washington Daily News in Washington D.C. It was for this Scripps Howard newspaper that Pyle wrote an aviation column, the first of its kind in America. He was then given the managing editor’s positionwhich was followed by the job of roving reporter for all Scripps Howard papers. 

Ernie Pyle’s first reporting of a battle scene (the Battle of Britain) was in 1940. A year later, he started what would become one of the most widely read columns in journalism history, as he covered the United States’ involvement in WWII. Pyle’s stories were written from the trenches where he became one with the infantrymen he preferred to write about. His gripping accounts of the bloody fighting in North Africa, Sicily and Anzio captured the attention of all America. After Normandy and the liberation of Paris, Pyle began covering the war in the Pacific. It was on Ie Shima, a small island off Okinawa, that his career came to an end. Worrying more about his Army buddies than himself, he didn’t take cover but turned to ask if they were OK while under Japanese sniper fire. He took a bullet in the left temple. A memorial stands on the site where Ernest T. Pyle was killed on April 18, 1945. Once buried there, his remains now lie at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Punchbowl Crater on Oahu, Hawaii. Pyle was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously. 

The man referred to by the Army and Navy Journal as ‘the seeing-eye reporter’ said of himself, “I want to make people see what I see.” You can still see through the eyes of Ernie Pyle. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist compiled his columns in several books, Here is Your War, Brave Men, and Last Chapter. 

Leon Uris, Schriftsteller (USA), geboren
Leon Uris

Joseph Conrad, Polish/British writer (Heart of Darkness), dies at 66, gestorben 

Leon Uris, Baltimore, novelist (Exodus, QB VII, Battle Cry), geboren

Max van der Stoel, Dutch Foreign minister (PvdA), geboren

1933 - The world-famous Mickey Mouse Watch was introduced. The timepiece sold for $2.75. A Mickey Mouse Clock sold for $1.50. New models now sell for $25 or more and the original watches and clocks are worth hundreds of dollars. 
1933 Yanks are shut out for 1st time after 308 games
1933
Yanks are shut out for 1st time after 308 games (since Aug 2, 1931)

Much to the alarm of the Nazi Party, African-American Jesse Owens won the broadjump on this day at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. Hitler, who wanted the games to be held in Germany so that he could parade his Aryan 'superman' for the world, left the stadium rather than applaud Owens. Owens went on to win three other events at the meet. 

1954 Colette France, novelist (Claudine), dies at 81 , gestorben
gestorben (in Paris): Die französische Schriftstellerin Sidonie Gabrielle Colette (*28.1.1873, in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye im Depertement Yonne). 
1954 - Colette, französische Schriftstellerin («Gigi»), geb. 1873, gestorben
Colette
Die französische Schriftstellerin erhält als erste Frau in Frankreich ein Staatsbegräbnis., gestorben
1954 Denise Craig WBL forward (Dayton Rockettes, NY Stars) , geboren 
1954, gestorben 
Colette, [Willy], France, novelist (Vagabonde), dies at 81, gestorben 
1954, geboren 
Denise Craig, WBL forward (Dayton Rockettes, NY Stars), geboren 

1963 - The Beach Boys’ Surfer Girl, was released on Capitol Records. It became one of their biggest hits. Surfer Girl made it to number seven on the hit music charts (9/14/63). 
1963 Allan Sherman releases "Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda"
1963 Beatles final performance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool
1963 Great Train Robbery-$2.5 M ($3.25 M) robbed

1974, Bad Company went to No.1 on the US album chart with their self-titled debut album.
1974
"Little Night Music" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 601 perfs
1974
"Words & Music" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 127 perfs
1974
Guitarist Jeff Baxter quits Steely Dan & joins Doobie Brothers

1985 'Drive', by The Cars was re-released following It's dramatic use during 'Live Aid', with all royalties going to the Band Aid trust.
 

1985, Madonna scored her first UK No.1 single with 'Into The Groove'. The track was taken from the movie ‘Desperatley Seeking Susan’ which featured Madonna and Rosanna Arquette.
 

1985, Tears For Fears started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Shout', the duo's second US No.1. 
1985
"Nihilator" set harness pacing mile (1:49.6) in East Rutherford, NJ
1985
Train crash at Flaujac, France: 35 killed