Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was born in Kannapolis, NC.

NASCAR racer Dale Earnhardt, Jr. won the Busch Series Championship in
1998 and 1999 and the Daytona 500 in 2004 and 2014. He went into his
first race with a car he co-owned with his half brother Kerry. Junior, as he
is called by many, won his 12th consecutive Sprint Cup Series Most Popular
Driver Award in 2014. He is the son of NASCAR Hall of Fame member Dale
Earnhardt Sr.

Junior (left) with father Dale Sr. who was killed on February 18, 2001
on the final lap of the Daytona 500. 

TIM MAGUIRE

It was on this day in 1973.

China’s Manchu dynasty was overthrown by revolutionaries under
Sun Yat-sen on this day in 1911.

    
A plane carrying Palestinian terrorists who hijacked the cruise liner
Achille Lauro was ‘captured’ over Malta forced to land on this day
in 1985.

Movie Legend George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985)

1938

1941

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi
(October 10, 1813 – January 27, 1901) 

Verdi became one of the pre-eminent opera composers in
history. His 26 operas remain extremely popular today.