Gregory LeNoir "Gregg" Allman (December 8, 1947 – May 27, 2017)
Gregg Allman, the legendary frontman of The Allman Brothers, died Saturday
at his home in Savannah, Georgia due to complications of liver cancer. He had
a history of health problems in the past and underwent a liver transplant in
2010.
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The Golden Gate Bridge was opened to pedestrian traffic on this
day in 1937. The bridge connected San Francisco and Marin
County in California.
In The Hague, Netherlands, on this day in 1999, a war crimes tribunal indicted Slobodan Milosevic and four others for atrocities in Kosovo.
It was the first time that a sitting head of state had been charged with such a crime.
On this day in 1941. the German battleship Bismarck was sunk by
British naval and air forces. 2,300 people were killed.
Queen Mary sailed on her maiden voyage on this day in 1936 captured the
Blue Riband in August of that year; she lost the title to SS Normandie in 1937
and recaptured it in 1938, holding it until 1952 when she was beaten by the
new SS United States. With the outbreak of the Second World War, she was
converted into a troopship and ferried Allied soldiers for the duration of the
war.
It was on this day in 1995.
Jared Christopher Martin
(December 21, 1941 – May 24, 2017)
(FoxNews) – Jared Martin, who played Sue Ellen’s handsome
rodeo cowboy love interest on the CBS-TV series "Dallas,
( April 2, 1978, to May 3, 1991) has died.
The actor’s son told The Hollywood Reporter Martin died at
his home in Philadelphia Wednesday after a battle with
pancreatic cancer.
The Manhattan-born Martin was best known for his role on
"Dallas," joining the show in 1979 as the adopted son of
Clayton Farlow, played by Howard Keel.
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On this day in 1940.
It was on this day in 1868
Andrew Johnson
John Wayne (Marion Robert Morrison)
(May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979)
In his youth, John Wayne was employed in a local ice
cream shop. His football scholarship to USC was taken
away after he got injured while bodysurfing.
Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Jackson married in
the Dominican Republic on this day in 1994.
Hank Williams with son Hank Williams JR.
Hank Williams JR. (Randall Hank Williams) is 68 today.
Hank Williams JR. followed in the footsteps of his late
father at a young age and started singing when he was
eight years old.
