Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Harris) (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959)

Holiday was a jazz singer and songwriter who had a great influence on
the style of jazz and pop singing. One critic wrote that Billie Holiday
“changed the art of American pop vocals forever”. She co-wrote only
a few songs,several of which became jazz standards, notably “God
Bless the Child”.  

1939

Billie Holiday in 1957

Billie Holiday was nicknamed “Lady Day” by a friend and musical
partner, saxophonist Lester “Prez” Young.

Arnold Palmer helps Jack Nicklaus, with the traditional green jacket

The 1963 Masters Tournament was held from April 4 to April 7 at Augusta National
Golf Club. It was the 27th Masters Tournament in which 84 golfers entered with 50
of them making the cut at eight over-par. It was here that Jack Nicklaus won his
first green jacket, defeating Tony Lema by one stroke. This was one of six
Masters victories for Nicklaus. 

 
Jack Nicklaus turned 72 in January

Johnny Carson joined the U.S. Navy on June 8, 1943 and
received V-12 officer training at Columbia University and
Millsaps College. He was Commissioned an ensign late in
WW ll and was assigned to the USS Pennsylvania in the
Pacific. Carson served as a communications officer in
charge of decoding encrypted messages. He was aboard
a troopship enroot to the combat zone when the bombing
of Hiroshima and Nagasaki brought an end to the war.

Henry Ford with his Model T automobile in 1921

William Wayne McMillan Rogers III is a film and television actor, best
known for playing the role of ‘Trapper John’ McIntyre in the CBS TV
series, M*A*S*H (1972-1983).

He is a regular panelist on the Fox News Channel stock investment
TV program Cashin’ In, as a result of having built a successful career
as an investor and money manager.

From left: Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, & Loretta Swit in M*A*S*H

1973