Bill Hayes, best known for his role as Doug Williams on the hit
soap opera "Days of Our Lives," has died.

"Bill peacefully passed Friday morning surrounded by family.

Born William Foster Hayes III in Harvey, Illinois in 1925, the late
actor was one of the longest-running characters on "Days of Our
Lives." Hayes originated the role and has portrayed Williams
since 1970. 

This past June, Hayes celebrated his 98th birthday with his
colleagues from the soap opera (below). 

Author Joyce Carol Oates took heat on this week after proclaiming the Bible to be a "work of fiction."

Oates was raised Catholic, but as of 2007 she identified
as an atheist.

Johnny Cash, backed by an all-star ensemble of talent, stepped
on stage at California State Prison in Folsom on this day in
history, Jan. 13, 1968. 

The concert and the subsequent live album launched him back
into the charts and re-defined his career.

The Man in Black recorded a landmark album that included
a song written by inmate Glen Sherley (right).

On January 13, 1982, an Air Florida Boeing 737-222 plunged into
the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., killing 78 people. The
crash, caused by bad weather, took place only two miles from
the White House.

The Air Florida flight took off from Washington National Airport
in Arlington, Virginia, with 74 passengers and 5 crew members
on board. The plane had flown into Washington from Miami in
the early afternoon and was supposed to return to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, after a short stop.

However, snow in Washington temporarily closed the airport and
when it reopened, the plane was de-iced with chemical anti-freeze,
but the plane still had difficulty moving away from the gate due to
the ice. When it eventually made it to the airport’s only usable
runway, it was forced to wait 45 minutes for clearance to take
off.

Not wanting to further delay the flight, the pilot, Larry Wheaton,
did not return for more de-icing, and worse, failed to turn on the
plane’s own de-icing system.