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“STAR WARS’’ CHARACTER HAS DIED AT 74

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Peter William Mayhew
(May 19, 1944 – April 30, 2019)

(Washington (SBG) -  Peter Mayhew, the actor best known for playing the
character Chewbacca in the
"Star Wars" movie series (above), died on
Tuesday
in his North Texas home. The cause of the English actors death
is unclear at this time.
 

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Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca (left) with Harrison Ford as
Han Solo. A promo shot from Star Wars IV: A New Hope
1977.

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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ROSS SIMPSON

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Francis Gary Powers’ U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet
Union on this day in 1960. Powers (below) was taken prisoner.

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The charred wreckage of U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers’ U-2 spy
plane is shown on display at the Central Armed Forces Museum
in Moscow, April 30, 2010. (AP)

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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ED DONAHUE

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The world’s worst nuclear disaster to date occurred at Chernobyl, in Kiev
on this day in 1986.. Thirty-one people died in the incident and thousands
more were exposed to radioactive material.

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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SANDY KOZEL

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Guglielmo Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi
( April 25, 1874 – July 20, 1937


Marconi was an
Italian inventor and electrical engineer,
known for his pioneering work on long-distance
radio
transmission
, development of Marconi’s law, and a
radio telegraph system. He is credited as the inventor
of radio
, and he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics
with
Karl Ferdinand Braun "in recognition of their
contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy".

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Actor Alfredo James Pacino is 78 years old today.     

Al Pacino had his breakthrough as mobster Michael Corleone in the
Godfather trilogy and won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his
role as Frank Slade in the 1992 film
Scent of a Woman. He is also
known for his starring roles in
Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Heat (1995),
Scarface (1983), and Serpico (1973).

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CELEBRATED ACTOR IS 82 TODAY

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John Joseph (Jack) Nicholson

Popular actor Jack Nicholson is known for playing dark characters such as
Jack Torrance in “
The Shining” (1980) and Frank Costello in “The Departed
(2006).
He won Academy Awards for Best Actor for his roles in “
One Flew
Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
” (1975) and “As Good As it Gets” (1997) and for
Best Supporting Actor in “
Terms of Endearment” (1983). He also received
praise for his roles in “
Chinatown” (1974) and “About Schmidt” (2002) and
for portraying the Joker in 1989’s “
Batman”. 

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Jack Nicholson in “Chinatown”.

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