Texaco Star Theatre was a comedy-variety show, broadcast on radio
from 1938 to 1949 and telecast from 1948 to 1956. It was one of the
first successful examples of American television broadcasting,
remembered as the show that gave Milton Berle the nickname
"Mr. Television".

Milton Berle (Mendel Berlinger)
(July 12, 1908 – March 27, 2002)

Father and daughter, Frank and Nancy Sinatra in 1957.

Nancy Sandra Sinatra was born in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Nancy Sinatra recorded the hit songs "These Boots Are Made for Walkin’"
and "Sugar Town," she is the daughter of famous crooner Frank Sinatra,
they recorded a hit duet version of the song "Somethin’ Stupid." Nancy
also had a brief acting career in the mid-1960s including a co-starring role
with Elvis Presley in the movie Speedway (1968), and with Peter Fonda
in The Wild Angels (1966). In Marriage on the Rocks (1965), Frank and
Nancy Sinatra played a fictional father and daughter.

    
TIM MAGUIRE

The Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, is depicted in his death bed. He 
died on this day in 632.

James Earl Ray, alleged assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr was
captured and arrested at London’s  Heathrow Airport on this day
in 1967.

Thirty four U.S. Navy crewmen were killed. Israel apologized for
the attack, saying that the USS Liberty had been attacked in error
after being mistaken for an Egyptian ship. 

Both the Israeli and U.S. governments conducted inquiries and
issued reports that concluded the attack was a mistake due to
Israeli confusion about the ship’s identity.
        
        
 
        
       

The damaged USS Liberty after the attack.

The New York Yankees retired Mickey Mantle’s number (7) on
this day in 1969.

Mickey Mantle giving his speech the day his number was retired.

Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995)