Robert William Barker was born in Darrington, Washington.
Former host of CBS’s Truth or Consequences (1956 to 1974) and The Price
Is Right from 1972 to 2007, making it the longest-running daytime game show
in North American television history. Barker has had some health problems
including prostate surgery and several mild bouts with skin cancer.
Vera Katz (Vera Pistrak) ( August 3, 1933 – December 11, 2017)
Vera Katz was the first woman to serve as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives (1985–1990) and was the 49th mayor of Portland, Oregon
(1993 – 2005). Since leaving office, she had continued to battle cancer.
Vera Katz was born in Düsseldorf, Germany. She immigrated to the United
States with her family after World War II and settled in New York City where
she grew up. Katz moved to Portland, Oregon in 1962.
ED DANAHUE
On this day in 1936, Britain’s King Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry American Wallis Warfield Simpson. He became the Duke of Windsor.
On this day in 1941, Germany and Italy declared war on the United
States. The U.S in turn declared war on the two countries.
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
(UNICEF) was established on this day in 1946 by the U.N.
General Assembly. The fund provides relief to children in
countries devastated by war.
Original series began on this day in 1980 and aired till May 8, 1988
on the CBS television network.
JOHN BELMONT
In Oslo, Norway on this day in 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
received the Nobel Peace Prize. He was the youngest person
to receive the award.
Women were granted the right to vote in the Wyoming Territory
on this day in 1869.
The first domestic passenger jet flight took place in the U.S. on this
day in 1958 when 111 passengers flew from New York to Miami on
a National Airlines Boeing 707.
Soul singer Otis Redding, at age 26, was killed on this day in 1967
when his tour plane crashed into a Wisconsin lake. The members
of Redding’s tour band, the "Bar-Kays," were also killed.
Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte died on this day in 2006.
Pinochet was a Chilean general, politician and the dictator of Chile
between 1973 and 1990; he remained the Commander-in-Chief of the
Chilean Army until 1998. He was also president of the Government
Junta of Chile between 1973 and 1981. He died of congestive heart
failure and pulmonary edema.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
On this day in 1992, Britain’s Prince Charles and Princess Diana announced they are separating.
Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem, "The Charge of the Light Brigade,"
was published in England on this day in 1854.
Solidarity Union leader Lech Walesa won Poland’s first direct
presidential election in the country’s history on this day in 1990.
Lech Wałęsa turned 74 in September.
Kirk Douglas in Spartacus 1960.
Kirk Douglas (Issur Danielovitch) is 101 years old today.
Actor, producer, director, and author Kirk Douglas is one of the
last living people of the film industry’s Golden Age. During his
career he appeared in more than 90 movies. He has received
three Academy Award nominations, an Oscar for Lifetime
Achievement, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. As an
author, he has written ten novels and memoirs. Currently, he
is No. 17 on the American Film Institute‘s list of the greatest
male screen legends of classic Hollywood cinema.
