CARLATA BRADLEY
On this day in 1962, the Soviet Union exchanged captured American U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers (seated) for the Soviet KGB spy Rudolph Ivanovich Abel (right) being held by the U.S.
Francis Gary Powers and a U2 recon aircraft .
The Glienicke bridge just after the Powers swap.
SANDY KOZEL
Singer Sir Roderick David Stewart is 75 years old today.
British rock singer and songwriter Rod Stewart was born and raised in
London, he is of Scottish and English ancestry. Stewart is one of the
best-selling music artists of all time, having sold over 120 million
records worldwide. He has had nine number-one albums in the UK
Albums Chart and his tally of 62 UK hit singles includes 31 that reached
the top ten, six of which gained the #1 position Stewart has had 16 top
ten singles in the US, with four reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. He
was knighted in the 2016 Birthday Honors for services to music and
charity.
SANDY KOZEL
Retired Scottish actor Sir Thomas Sean Connery
is 89 today.
James Bond: 1962-1969 and 1983
1989
CAMILLE
BOHANNON
The Battle of Midway began on this day in 1942. It was the first major victory for America over Japan and a turning point in the Pacific
during World War II. The battle ended on June 6 and prevented
further Japanese expansion in the Pacific.
CAMILLE
BOHANNON
Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson)
(June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962)
Actress, model, and singer Marilyn Monroe was famous for
playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters. She became
one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early
1960s. Although she was a top-billed actress for only one
decade, her films grossed $200 million (equivalent to $2
billion in 2018) by the time of her unexpected death in
1962. More than half a century later, she continues to be
a major popular culture icon.
Marilyn Monroe poses over the updraft of a New York
subway grate while filming "The Seven Year Itch" in
New York in 1954. (AP)
