"The Tracks of My Tears" was a #2 hit on the Billboard R&B singles
chart and reached #16 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is widely
considered to be among the finest recordings of The Miracles, and
sold over one million records within two years.

Frances Louise McDormand  won the Academy Award for Best Actress in
1996 for her role as police chief Marge Gunderson in the Joel and Ethan
Coen film Fargo. She won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her
performance this year in Good People. McDormand was nominated for the
Academy Award For Best Supporting Actress three times for her role in 
Mississippi Burning (1988), Almost Famous (2000), and the film North
Country (2005). She has also been nominated for four Golden Globes,
three BAFTA Awards, and an Emmy Award. Frances McDormand has
been married to director Joel Coen since 1984. 

McDormand in Blood Simple (1984), the directorial debut of Joel and
Ethan Coen

Frances in Fargo

Christopher Latham Sholes (below), Carlos Glidden and Samuel W. Soule of
Milwaukee, Wisconsin received a patent for a new typewriter, shown above. It
was the first commercially successful typewriter, and the design was eventually
purchased by Remington and Sons, which later became the Remington Arms
Company.