
The crew of Apollo 12, from left, were Charles Conrad, Richard
Gordon and Alan Bean.
Apollo 12 was the sixth manned flight in the U.S. Apollo program and the
second to land on the Moon. It was launched from the Kennedy Space
Center, Florida, four months after Apollo 11. Mission commander Charles
"Pete" Conrad and Lunar Module Pilot Alan L. Bean performed just over
one day and seven hours of lunar surface activity while Command Module
Pilot Richard F. Gordon remained in lunar orbit. The landing site for the
mission was located in the southeastern portion of the Ocean of Storms.

Leon Russell (Claude Russell Bridges)
(April 2, 1942 – November 13, 2016)
Russell was an musician and songwriter, who recorded as
a session musician/sideman, and maintained a solo career.
He was primarily a keyboard player for Joe Crocker, Bob
Dylan, the Beach Boys and many other artists. John Lennon,
George Harrison and Ringo Starr played on Russells’ solo
debut, "Leon Russell."
Russell had heart bypass surgery in July and was recovering
from the procedure at the time of his death in Nashville.

Neil Percival Young is 71 today.
Neil young was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
twice: once for his solo career and another time as a member
of Buffalo Springfield.