(NBC) CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As NASCAR celebrates its 75th
anniversary season, its Hall of Fame inducted three men
whose careers collectively spanned from the sport’s
beginnings to recent times.
Matt Kenseth, Hershel McGriff and Kirk Shelmerdine (above)
were inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Friday night,
becoming the Hall’s 13th class.
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Audrey Hepburn (born Audrey Kathleen Ruston)
4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993)
One of America’s most beloved actresses, Audrey Hepburn,
died in her sleep at home on January 20, 1993, in Lausanne,
Switzerland. The 63-year-old Hepburn had undergone surgery
for colon cancer the previous November.
Recognized as both a film and fashion icon, she was ranked
by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female
screen legend from the Classical Hollywood cinema and was
inducted into the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame.
Hepburn’s grave in Tolochenaz, Switzerland.
President Ronald Reagan, wife Nancy and Chief Justice
Warren Burger during the 1981 oath of office ceremony.
On January 20, 1981, minutes after Ronald Reagan’s inauguration
as the 40th president of the United States (above) the 52 U.S.
captives held at the U.S. embassy in Teheran, Iran (above)
were released, ending the 444-day Iran Hostage Crisis.
On November 4, 1979, the crisis began when militant Iranian
students, outraged that the U.S. government had allowed the
ousted shah of Iran to travel to New York City for medical
treatment, seized the U.S. embassy in Teheran.
Edwin Eugene “Buzz” Aldrin Jr.
Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin Jr., who
reimagined the potential of human achievement before a
worldwide audience when he walked on the moon, was
born on this day in history, Jan. 20, 1930.
"The sky is not the limit … There are footprints on the
Moon!" the explorer enthused in his 2016 book, "No
Dream Is Too High: Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked
on the Moon."
The Apollo 11 mission was the first in human history to land
men on earth’s satellite, fulfilling a dream as old as humanity
itself.
This photo of Buzz Aldrin was taken by Neil Armstrong
during the first manned mission to the moon in 1969.
