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Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955)
German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein
developed the theory of relativity, one of the two
pillars of modern physics and is also known for its
influence on the philosophy of science. He received
the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to
theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery
of the law of the photoelectric effect".
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. is 85 years old today.
Quincy Jones is an Influential record producer, arranger, and
musician of many film scores, classic albums, and hit songs. He
is perhaps best known for producing multiple albums by the great
Michael Jackson, including 1982’s Thriller and 1987’s Bad. He was
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013.
Michael Jackson (left) with “Q” (Quincy Jones).
Sir Michael Caine (Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr.)
is 85 years old today.
Across his fifty-year career,Michael Caine has had roles in The
Cider House Rules (1999), and The Italian Job (1969). He also
played Bruce Wayne’s butler Alfred Pennyworth in The Dark
Knight Trilogy (2005 – 2012). He served in the Korean War for
the British Army and was knighted in 2000.
Michael Caine as Alfred in ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ (2012).
Eli Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin on this day in
1794.
On this day in 1995, American astronaut Norman Thagard (above)
became the first American to enter space aboard a Russian rocket.
Norman Earl Thagard will turn 75 July 3. He retired in 1996.
FAMOUS PHYSICIST HAS DIED AT 76
Stephen Hawking and wife Jane Wilde on Their Wedding
Day In 1965.
Stephen William Hawking (January 8, 1942 – March 14, 2018)
LONDON (AP) — Family spokesman says physicist Stephen Hawking has
died at the age of 76. Hawking had a rare early-onset slow-progressing form
of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neuron disease
or Lou Gehrig’s disease, that gradually paralyzed him over the decades.
BACK IN MY DAY ~
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The New York "Lantern" newspaper published the first "Uncle Sam cartoon" on this day in 1852. It quickly became the symbol of the
United States.
On this day in 1925, a law in Tennessee that prohibited the teaching
of evolution went into effect.
On this day in 1996, the Dunblane Massacre occurred at a Scottish
elementary school. Thomas Hamilton, pictured above, murdered
16 children and their teacher before turning the gun on himself.
Relatives near the Dunblane primary school on the day of the
shooting.
The musical "Brigadoon" opened at the Ziegfeld Theater in New
York City on this day in 1947.
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