Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem  (April 27, 1932 – June 15, 2014) Born in
Detroit, Michigan.

Casey Kasem was the famed disc jockey of American Top 40, a national radio
show from 1970 until his retirement in 2009. He also provided the voice of
“Shaggy” (below) in the animated Saturday morning TV series Scooby-Doo.

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Ulysses Simpson Grant (Hiram Ulysses Grant)

Grant was born on this day in 1822. He was the 18th U.S. President,
Lt. General in command of all Union armies during the U.S. Civil
War, nickname: Hero of Appomattox.

Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed by natives in the Philippines on this day in 1521.

On this day in 1805, a force led by U.S. Marines captured the city of Derna, on the shores of Tripoli. The Marines’ Hymn is a tribute to the Warriors who stormed the fortress, raised the American flag,
and gave us "the shores of Tripoli."

On this day in 1947, "Babe Ruth Day" was celebrated at Yankee
Stadium. The Babe, above, whispered his gratitude to the crowd
of over 58,000 cheering fans.  

Carol Creighton Burnett was born in San Antonio, Texas.

Carol Burnett Hosted The Carol Burnett Show on CBS for a decade after
winning Tony, Emmy, and Golden Globe Awards for her work in various
genres. Her show is called one of the greatest TV shows of all time by
various outlets. Carol Burnett once worked as an usherette and hat-
check girl while living in a boarding house for women pursuing an
careers in acting.

Carol Burnett as the hopeless klutz Agnes Grep in “Cavender Is
Coming” Season Three, Episode 101 of “The Twilight Zone”, 
Original Air Date: May 25, 1962.

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The world’s worst nuclear disaster to date occurred at Chernobyl, in
Kiev on this day in 1986. Thirty-one people died in the incident and thousands more were exposed to radioactive material.

John Wilkes Booth was killed by the U.S. Federal Cavalry on this day 
in 1865.

On April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth (above) assassinated President Abraham Lincoln while he was watching the play ‘Our American Cousin’ at Ford Theater in Washington, D.C.

The British established an American colony at Cape Henry, Virginia 
on this day in 1607. It was the first permanent English establishment
in the Western Hemisphere.

On this day in 1937, German planes attacked Guernica, Spain, during
the Spanish Civil War for the Spanish nationalist government. This
raid is considered one of the first to be attacks on a civilian
population by a modern air force.

Spanish Civil War: the Spanish town of Guernica, after the bombing
by German and Italian aircraft.

The state of Vermont  enacted same-sex unions on this day in 2000.

It was on this day in 1989.

Lucille Désirée Ball Morton (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989)

Lucille Ball was an actress, comedian, model, film-studio executive, and
producer. She was best known as the star of the self-produced sitcoms
I Love Lucy (1951-1967) on CBS, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour (1957-1960)
on CBS, The Lucy Show (1962-1968) CBS, Here’s Lucy (1968-1974) CBS,
and Life with Lucy for only one season in 1986 on ABC.

Alfredo James Pacino was born New York City, New York.

Al Pacino had his breakthrough as mobster Michael Corleone in
the Godfather trilogy and won an Academy Award for Best Actor
for his role as Frank Slade in the 1992 film Scent of a Woman and
is also known for his starring roles He is also known for starring 
in Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Heat (1995), Scarface (1983) and 
Serpico (1973). 

He developed a love for acting at an early age and participated in
the majority of his school’s productions. As a teenager, he went
by the nickname Sunny and developed a reputation as a
troublemaker at school. 

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Al Pacino in The Godfather ll (1974)