Singer Ben E. King (Benjamin Earl Nelson) is perhaps best known as
the singer and co-composer of "Stand by Me," a Top 10 hit in both
1961 and 1986. King is one of the principal lead singers of the R&B
vocal group The Drifters. Several splinter groups continue to perform
today.

Stand by Me is a 1986 Rob Reiner coming of age drama filmed
in Oregon. The movie takes its title from the Ben E. King song 
which plays over the end credits.

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Today marks the official opening of Timberline Lodge located at Oregon’s majestic
Mount Hood. President Franklin Roosevelt (above) spoke to the crowd that had
gathered for the dedication ceremonies, five months before the completion of the
lodge’s interior. It opened to the public in February 1938.

Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot is a former French fashion model, actress, and 
singer. She was one of the best-known sex symbols of the 1960s. Bardot
had once been an aspiring ballet dancer prior to beginning her acting
career in 1952.

Samuel Adams (September 27, 1722 – October 2, 1803)

Samuel Adams was a politician in colonial Massachusetts and one of the Founding
Fathers of the United States. He was a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and was one of the architects of the principles of American republicanism that shaped the political culture of the United States. Adams was a
second cousin to President John Adams.

Note: Samuel Adams did indeed operate a malt house in Boston, Massachusetts,
but after a few years, the entire company eventually went bankrupt. He lost a large
sum of his father’s money and returned to politics.