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CAMILLE BOHANNON

The United States entered World War II on this day in 1941 when
it declared war against Japan. The act came one day after the
Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Britain and Canada also declared
war on Japan.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Declaration
of War against Japan.

In New York City on this day in 1980, Mark David Chapman shot
John Lennon to death. Lennon had autographed an album for
Chapman earlier in the day .

John Lennon (left) signs Mark Chapman’s copy of ‘Double Fantasy’ outside the Dakota Building.

“Double Fantasy” album by John Lennon.

Mark David Chapman turned 62 May 10.

Apollo 17 was the final mission of NASA‘s Apollo program. Launched at
12:33 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on December 7, 1972, with a crew made
up of Commander Eugene Cernan, Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans,
and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt, it was the last use of Apollo
hardware for its original purpose; after Apollo 17, extra Apollo spacecraft
were used in the Skylab and Apollo–Soyuz programs.

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CARLATA BRADLEY

Jefferson Davis died in New Orleans on this day in 1889. He was the
first and only president of the Confederate States of America.

It was rock ‘n’ roll’s darkest day, Saturday December 6, 1969,
when the Rolling Stones decided to play a ‘free’ concert at the 
abandoned Altamont Speedway some 60 miles east of San
Francisco. Four people ended up dead.

America’s first attempt at putting a satellite into orbit failed when the satellite blew up on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, FL. on this
day in 1957.

David Warren Brubeck
(December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012)

Dave Brubeck was an jazz pianist and composer, considered to be 
one of the foremost exponents of cool jazz. He wrote a number of 
jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke”. 

CARLATA BRADLEY

Prohibition came to an end on this day in 1933, when Utah became
the 36th state to ratify the 21st Amendment to the U.S.Constitution.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791)

Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966)

Animator- producer Walt Disney founded The Walt Disney Company and
created the iconic character Mickey Mouse and others. He produced such
classic films as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) Pinocchio (1940)  
and Cinderella (1950).

Walt Disney’s business envelope featured a self-portrait around 1921.

Little Richard Preaching in 1958.

Little Richard during his last show in Las Vegas.

Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman) is 85 years old today.

Rock ‘n’ roll icon Little Richard who sang "Good Golly Miss Molly” was inducted
into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He first
performed onstage when he was fourteen. His first single "Tutti Fritti” was
released in 1955.
 
On April 28, 2016, Little Richard’s friend, Bootsy Collins stated on his Facebook
page that, "he (Richard) is not in the best of health so I ask all the Funkateers to
lift him up” and on May 3, 2016, Rolling Stone reported that Little Richard and his
lawyer provided a health information update in which Richard stated, “I’m still
singing. I don’t perform like I used to, but I have my singing voice, I walk around,
I had hip surgery a while ago but I’m healthy.”

Little Richard is now a Seventh-day Adventist Christian and is seen
here in a recent interview with no wig or make up.