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POPULAR SINGER BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1903
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977)
Bing Crosby was one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century,
with over half a billion records in circulation. He won an Academy Award for
Best Actor for his role as Father Chuck O’Malley in the 1944 motion picture
Going My Way, and was nominated for his reprise of the role in The Bells of
St. Mary’s the next year, becoming the first of four actors to be nominated
twice for playing the same character. In 1963, Crosby received the first
Grammy Global Achievement Award.
Bing Crosby and co-star Barry Fitzgerald with their Oscars from
Going My Way.
A FAVORITE SINGLE FROM 1961
ACE FIGHTER PILOT BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1892
Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (May 2, 1892 – April 21, 1918)
Baron Von Richthofen is best known as “The Red Baron”, a German
fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service during World
War I. He is considered the top ace of that war, being officially
credited with 80 air combat victories, more than any other pilot.
He remains quite possibly the most widely-known fighter pilot of all
time, and has been the subject of many books and films.
Snoopy’s imaginary battles against the Red Baron began in the comic
strip in October 1965.
A CLASSIC TV COMMERCIAL
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