The nation’s first publicly owned rest area.

Picture postcard of Vista House before it was opened to the public

Construction of the Vista House atop Crown Point in Oregon began on December 29, 1916. It was built as a rest stop observatory for travelers
on the old Columbia River Gorge Highway and as a memorial honoring
Oregon’s pioneers who made their way down the Columbia River.

  
   Tyrone Edmund Power, Jr. (May 5, 1914 – November 15, 1958)

Tyrone Power, sometimes known as Ty Power, was a film and stage
actor who appeared in many films from the 1930s to the 1950s, often
in swashbuckler roles or romantic leads such as in The Mark of Zorro
(1940), Blood and Sand (1941), Prince of Foxes (1949), and The
Black Rose (1950). Power died of a heart attack at the age of 44.

1947

1941

Andy Williams is 84 (Dec. 3, 1927)

The rock band The Moody Blues was formed on 4 May 1964, in Erdington,
Birmingham, England. The have sold in excess of 70 million albums worldwide
and have been awarded 14 platinum and gold discs. As of 2012 they remain
active with one member from the original band from 1964 and two more from
the 1967 lineup.