On September 13, 1963, Texas-born entrepreneur Mary Kay Ash
launched a cosmetic company in Dallas with her $5,000 life
savings and the help of her 20-year-old son Richard Rogers.
Mary Kay Inc. would become a cosmetic empire with revenue of
more than $3.5 billion and salespeople in dozens of countries.
1982
Mary Kay Ash (born Mary Kathlyn Wagner)
(May 12, 1918 – November 22, 2001)
Kenneth Winston Starr (July 21, 1946 – September 13, 2022)
(Fox News) – Ken Starr, a noted attorney who helped impeach
one president and defended another from the same fate, died
Tuesday at age 76.
A statement released by his family said Starr died in Houston
of complications from surgery at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical
Center.
Starr was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to serve on
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. He also
served as U.S. solicitor general under President George H.W.
Bush.
Milton Snavely Hershey
(September 13, 1857 – October 13, 1945)
Milton Snavely Hershey, a German-speaking Mennonite
farmer who turned his passion for confections into a
symbol of American affluence and goodwill, was born
in Derry Township, Penn.
"Milton Hershey was the rarest of men — both a dreamer
and a builder," notes his biography at the Candy Hall of
Fame, into which the chocolatier was inducted in 1972.
He founded both the Hershey Chocolate Co. and the
Milton Hershey School.
The school, which he opened in 1910 to educate orphans,
thrives today as a prominent free educational institution
serving underprivileged students.
The Hershey Company, known as Hershey’s, is one of
the world’s biggest confectionery manufacturers.
Pontiac was named after the famous Ottawa chief (below),
who had also given his name to the city of Pontiac,
Michigan, where the car was produced.
Chief Pontiac (Ottawa leader)
(c. 1714/20 – April 20, 1769)
The first logo of Pontiac was
launched in 1926 and featured
the native American chief.
John R. Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003)
Cash is one of the best-selling music artists of all time,
having sold more than 90 million records worldwide. His
genre-spanning music embraced country, rock and roll, rockabilly, blues, folk, and gospel sounds. This crossover
appeal earned him the rare honor of being inducted into
the Country Music, Rock and Roll, and Gospel Music Halls
of Fame.
PORTLAND, OREGON (1959)
