Duane Eddy will be 75 on April 26

Driver Lee Petty in the #42 race car battles with Johnny Beauchamp during the 
final lap of the inaugural Daytona 500 held at the International Speedway in 
Daytona Beach, Florida.

Lee Petty, father of NASCAR’s all-time race winner Richard Petty.

Cleotha Staples

Chicago (AP)-In a family of vocalists, it was Cleotha Staples’ smooth and velvety
voice that helped set apart the sound of the influential and best-selling gospel
group The Staple Singers.

Staples, the eldest sister and member of the group her father Roebuck "Pops"
Staples started in the 1940s, died Thursday at age 78. She was at her Chicago
home and had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease for the past decade, said
family friend and music publicist Bill Carpenter.

The group included sisters Pervis, Yvonne, Mavis and Cynthia, but Cleotha was
the backbone, defining herself by being the "strong, silent type," said Carpenter,
author of "Uncloudy Day: The Gospel Music Encyclopedia."

1973

 
      George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799)

                   First President of the United States (1789-1797)