Jack Sherman (January 18, 1956 – August 18, 2020)

Jack Sherman, a guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers during their
debut in the 1980s, has died. The cause of death is yet to be
determined. 

The Red Hot Chili Peppers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame in 2012. However, neither Sherman nor guitarist Dave Navarro,
who had each played guitar on one of the band’s albums, were
inducted

President Eisenhower signs the official proclamation admitting
Hawaii into the Union.

The modern United States receives its crowning star when President
Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a proclamation admitting Hawaii into the
Union as the 50th state. The president also issued an order for an
American flag featuring 50 stars arranged in staggered rows: five six-
star rows and four five-star rows. The new flag became official July 4,
1960.

The first known settlers of the Hawaiian Islands were Polynesian
voyagers who arrived sometime in the eighth century. In the early
18th century, American traders came to Hawaii to exploit the islands’
sandalwood, which was much valued in China at the time. In the
1830s, the sugar industry was introduced to Hawaii and by the mid
19th century had become well established. American missionaries
and planters brought about great changes in Hawaiian political,
cultural, economic, and religious life. In 1840, a constitutional
monarchy was established, stripping the Hawaiian monarch of
much of his authority.

Robert Keith (Rolland Keith Richey)

“The Masks” is episode 145 of the television series The Twilight Zone. It
originally aired on March 20, 1964 on CBS. In this episode, set on Mardi
Gras, a dying man (played by Robert Keith shown above) coerces his
relatives into wearing grotesque masks reflecting their true personalities.

CAMILLE
BOHANNON

Robert Anthony Plant is 72 today.

Plant has had a successful singing career spanning over
50 years. In 2008, Rolling Stone editors ranked him
number 15 on their list of the 100 best singers of all
time. In 2011, Rolling Stone readers ranked Plant the
greatest of all lead singers. In 2006, Hit Parader
magazine named Plant the “Greatest Metal Vocalist
of All Time”. In 2009, Plant was also voted “the greatest
voice in rock” in a poll conducted by Planed Rock.

A dramatic battle in the Tennessee House of Representatives ends with
the state ratifying the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution
on August 18, 1920. After decades of struggle and protest by suffragettes
across the country, the decisive vote was cast by a young representative
who reputedly changed his vote after receiving a note from his mother.