SANDY KOZEL

    
    

Titanic on sea trials, 2 April 1912.

Titanic Sinking, engraving by Willy Stöwer.

WASHINGTON (TND) — A World War II hero — who survived the
attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 — is ready to celebrate a big
birthday.

Ken Potts will be turning 102 on Saturday, according to the
USS Arizona Legacy Foundation, a nonprofit organization.

Potts was aboard the USS Arizona when the battleship was
attacked by the Japanese military on the naval base at in
Hawaii on December 7, 1941. More than 1,170 crewmen were
killed. But Potts, along with at least 330 others, survived.

 
USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.

(FOXNEWS) – Opening Day welcomes the new spring baseball
season each year, a uniquely America tradition steeped in
history and fanfare.

And on this day in history, April 14, 1910, President William
Howard Taft became the first U.S. president to throw out the
first pitch at a Major League Baseball game (above). 

Taft was first in a long line of presidents to have the honor
and nearly. every president since Taft has thrown out the
first pitch, with the exception of Jimmy Carter, Donald
Trump and Joe Biden, according to National Geographic.
(Biden did throw out the first pitch as Barack Obama’s
vice president.)

The historic toss on opening day featured Walter Johnson,
the Washington Senators’ starting pitcher against the
Philadelphia Athletics at National Park in the nation’s
capital.

Johnson, who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
in 1936, took a no-hitter into the seventh inning before giving
up a double to Baker. It was Philadelphia’s only hit in the
Senators’ 3-0 win. 

William Howard Taft
(September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930)

Walter Perry Johnson  (1887 – 1946)
Nicknamed "Barney" and "The Big Train"

On April 12, 1954, Bill Haley and His Comets recorded
“(We’re Gonna) Rock Around The Clock.” If rock and
roll was a social and cultural revolution, then
“(We’re Gonna) Rock Around The Clock” was its
Declaration of Independence, and if Bill Haley was
not exactly the revolution’s Thomas Jefferson, it
may be fair to call him its John Hancock.

Paige encouraged people who want purebred dogs
and cats to contact rescue organizations instead
of going to a breeder. “Don’t shop! Adopt!” has
become the holiday motto.

Colleen Paige and friends.