Robert Duvall received a Best Actor Academy Award for his role
in Tender Mercies (1983).  He was also awarded two Emmy Awards,
and four Golden Globe Awards during his busy film career.

      Robert Duvall as Arthur “Boo” Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird

                 Robert in a scene from The Godfather (1972)

   
   Robert Duvall as Lt. Col. Kilgore in Apocalypse Now (1979)

               “I love the smell of napalm in the morning”!


Duvall played Mac Sledge, a recovering alcoholic country
singer in Tender Mercies.

Diane Keaton is seen above with Al Pacino on the set of her first major
film The Godfather. She was Kay Adams-Carleone in the 1972 film. Keaton 
won the Academy Award for Best Actress in Woody Allen’s Annie Hall (1977). 
In addition to acting, Diane is also a photographer, real estate developer,
and an occasional singer. 

Coral Records released what would prove to be Buddy Holly’s
last record before his untimely death on February 3, 1959. The
song was written by Paul Anka, IT DOESN’T MATTER ANYMORE.

 
English Physicist Sir Isaac Newton is considered by many to be one the
most influential people in human history. 

  
Newton’s own copy of his science book on the principals of mathematics. 

 
                          A replica of Newton’s Reflecting telescope

 
The music magazine Billboard published it’s first music hit parade
listing on this date in 1936. A music popularity chart ( below) was
calculated and appeared on July 27, 1940.