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GANGSTER JAILED ON THIS DAY IN 1932

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Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone (January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947)

Al Capone was an  gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate. He
was convicted on federal charges of tax evasion in 1931 and sentenced to
federal prison in Atlanta. Capone was later transferred to, what was then, a
newly established prison on Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay. His term
there was completed on January 6, 1939.

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Alcatraz Island

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LOOKING BACK AT TODAY IN HISTORY

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Camille Bohannon

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SCREEN STAR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1929

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Audrey Hepburn ( Born Audrey Kathleen Ruston in Belgium)

(May 4, 1929-January 20, 1993)

Audrey Hepburn was both a film and fashion icon. She was ranked by
the American Film Institute as the third greatest female screen legend
in the history of American cinema. Hepburn played the Academy Award
winning lead role in Roman Holiday (1953). She starred in a number of
successful films, such as Sabrina(1954), Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961),
Charade (1963), and My Fair Lady (1964). Hepburn remains one of a 
few people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards.

 


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WELL ‘’SEASONED’’ SINGER IS 80 TODAY!

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Frankie Valli (Francesco Stephen Castelluccio)

Front man Frankie Valli was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
with the Four Seasons in 1990. He has had twenty-nine top forty hits with 
his distinctive falsetto voice that include “Sherry” (1962) “Big Girls Don’t Cry”
(1962) “Walk Like A Man” (1963) and “Rag Doll (1974). Valli once worked as
a barber until his singing career was enough to support him.


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Sandy Kozel

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Peter
"Pete" Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014)

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