Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was a lawyer,
planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh
president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before his
presidency, he gained fame as a general in the U.S. Army and
served in both houses of the U.S. Congress.
General Jackson
Andrew Jackson Monument Statue in Nashville,
Tennessee.
Joseph S. Camp Jr. (April 20, 1939 – March 15, 2024)
According to The New York Times, Joe Camp, the filmmaker behind the Benji film series died Friday. No further details.
1974
My Fair Lady is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
and music by Frederick Loewe. The story, based on the 1938 film adaptation of George Bernard Shaw‘s 1913 play Pygmalion.
The musical’s 1956 Broadway production was a notable critical and popular success, winning six Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
It set a record for the longest run of any musical on Broadway up to
that time and was followed by a hit London production. Rex Harrison
and Julie Andrews starred in both productions.
On March 15, 1968, construction started on the north tunnel of
the Eisenhower/Johnson Memorial Tunnel on Interstate 70 in
Colorado, some 60 miles west of Denver.
Located at an elevation of more than 11,000 feet, the project was
an engineering marvel and became the world’s highest vehicular
tunnel when it was completed in 1979. Four months after opening,
one million vehicles had passed through the tunnel; today, some
10 million vehicles drive through it each year.
