Miloš Forman (Jan Tomáš Forman) (February 18, 1932 – April 13, 2018)
(AP) – Czech filmmaker Milos Forman, whose American movies "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest" and "Amadeus" won a deluge of Academy Awards, including best director Oscars, died Saturday morning. According to a statement released by the director’s agent, Dennis Aspland. Milos died at Danbury Hospital, near his home in Warren, Conn. He had been admitted to the hospital on Friday due to an unknown illness.
President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Ford’s Theater by John Wilkes Booth on this day in 1865. He actually died early the next morning.
On this day in 1912, the Atlantic passenger liner Titanic, on its maiden voyage hit an iceberg and began to sink. 1,517 people lost their lives and more than 700 survived.
The first edition of Noah Webster’s dictionary was published under the name "American Dictionary of the English Language” on this day in 1828.
Noah Webster Jr. (October 16, 1758 – May 28, 1843)
Ampex Corporation of Redwood City, CA, demonstrated the first commercial magnetic tape recorder for sound and picture.
Ampex video tape at the National Museum of American History.
On this day in 2002, Tiger Woods celebrates his third Masters victory.
On this day in 1970, an oxygen tank exploded on Apollo 13, which prevented the planned moon landing.
Apollo 13 Service Module after the Explosion. The damage is on the left-hand side.
Pope St. John Paul II embraces Elio Toaff, then the chief rabbi of Rome. It the Pope’s first visit to a Synagogue on this day in 1986.
Sidney Poitier became the first black to win an Oscar for best actor on this day in 1964. It was for his role in the film"Lilies of the Field”.
Tiger Woods became the youngest person to win the Masters Tournament at the age of 21 on this day in 1997. He also set a record when he finished at 18 under par.
Tiger woods (Eldrick Tont Woods) turned 42 December 30.
Necco Wafers are a candy made by the United States-based New England Confectionery Company (Necco). The wafers were first produced in 1847 and are considered by Necco to be its core product. Each roll of Necco Wafers contains eight flavors: lemon (yellow), lime (green), orange (orange), clove (purple), cinnamon (white), wintergreen (pink), licorice (black), and chocolate (brown). The ingredients in Necco Wafers are sugar, corn syrup, gelatin, gums, colorings, and flavorings.
Oliver Chase, an English immigrant, invented a lozenge cutting machine with which he produced the wafers. At the time of the Civil War,these were originally called "hub wafers" and were carried by Union soldiers. In 1901, Chase and Company merged with two other companies to incorporate the New England Confectionery Company. By 1912 the wafers were being advertised as "Necco Wafers", a name they still carry today.
An artists depiction of Necco’s founder Oliver Chase in 1847 with his lozenge cutter machine.
The New England Candy Company factory is based in Revere, MA.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt died in Warm Spring, GA. on this day in 1945. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 63. Harry S. Truman (below) became president.
Truman (left) being sworn as the 33rd president of the United States.
Fort Sumter was shelled by Confederacy, starting America’s Civil War on this day in 1861.
Soviet Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin became first man to orbit the Earth on this day in 1961.
On this day in 1981, the space shuttle Columbia blasted off from Cape Canaveral, FL, on its first test flight. It orbits Earth 37 times before landing.
Commander John W. Young, left, and Pilot Robert L. Crippen.
David Letterman retired as host of “The Late Show” on May 20, 2015.
David Michael Letterman is 71 years old today.
David Letterman became a late night TV host during the 1982 debut of NBC’s Late Night with David Letterman, and later hosted The Late Show with David Letterman. In 2014, he announced that he would retire from The Late Show in 2015. He once worked as a weatherman for AM radio station WNTS and anchored on Indianapolis television station WLWI.
