Stone as a G.I. in Vietnam / 1968.
For his service, he received military honors such as the Bronze
Star with "V" Device for valor, the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf
Cluster, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service
Medal with one Silver Service Star.
Film director, producer, and screenwriter William Oliver Stone is
77 years old today.
1991
On September 15, 1978, boxer Muhammad Ali defeated Leon
Spinks at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans to win
the world heavyweight boxing title for the third time in his
career, the first fighter ever to do so. Following his victory,
Ali retired from boxing, only to make a brief comeback two
years later. Ali, who once claimed he could “float like a
butterfly, sting like a bee,” left the sport permanently in
1981.
Muhammad Ali (Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.)
(January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016)
The Saturday Evening Post was first published in 1821 in the
same printing shop at 53 Market Street in Philadelphia where
the Benjamin Franklin–founded Pennsylvania Gazette had been
published in the 18th century. The Gazette ceased publication
in 1800, ten years after Franklin’s death.
Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis
(June 18, 1850 – June 7, 1933)
Publisher.
