The Platters scored their second Billboard best seller with their 
version of "My Prayer".

John R. "Johnny" Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003)

"The Man Comes Around" is the title track from Johnny Cash‘s American IV:
The Man Comes Around, released in 2002. It was actually written a few years
earlier; however, Cash updated it for the album. It is one of the last songs Cash
wrote before his death.

Camille Bohannon

Tony Bennett (Anthony Dominick "Tony" Benedetto) is 88 today

Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, commander of the Seventh U.S. Army, visited a 
military hospital in Sicily where he confronted a soldier who was hospitalized
for "battle fatigue". He accused the private, 18-year-old Charles H. Kuhl, of
being a coward and slapped him twice.

Patton’s superior, General Dwight Eisenhower, compelled him to apologize
and sidelined him for almost a year after the incident.

Congress and the general public expressed both support and disdain for
Patton’s actions,

General Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Artist Bob Kane (born Robert Kahn; October 24, 1915 – November 3, 1998)

NEW YORK (AP) – Batman creator Bob Kane’s own copies of the Caped
Crusader’s earliest appearances are going up for auction. The comics
come from the collection of Hollywood screenwriter Bob Underwood.

ComicConnect is selling Kane’s file copies of Detective Comics Nos. 27
through 45 and Batman Nos. 1 through 3. The auction house declined to
put an estimate on their value, saying such items rarely come up for sale.

The sale also has a nearly mint copy of the first Incredible Hulk comic book,
a 1962 issue that is one of four copies known to exist. It could bring as much
as $300,000.

There is also a 1942 Archie comic book. Archie No. 1 marked the first time
the red-headed character appeared in his own magazine. Its pre-sale price 
estimate is $150,000.

The five-session auction begins Monday Aug 3 and runs through Aug. 29.