Ian Lancaster Fleming was a British author, journalist and Naval Intelligence
Officer. He is best remembered for creating the fictional British spy James Bond
and for a series of twelve novels and nine short stories about the character,
which are one of the best-selling series of related novels of all time having sold  
over 100 million copies worldwide. This year, Fleming became the world’s first
English-speaking writer to have an International Airport named in his honor. The
airport, Ian Fleming International Airport, near Oracabessa, Jamaica was opened
on January 12th. 

Ian Fleming’s James Bond

Gladys Maria Knight is a popular R&B singer-songwriter, actress, author,
and businesswoman. She is best known for the hits she recorded during
the 1960s and 1970s, for both Motown and Buddah Records with her
group Gladys Knight & the Pips.

1967