Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) Born in Tacoma, Washington.
Singer and actor.Bing Crosby was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1931 to 1954. In 1948, American polls declared him the "most admired man alive", ahead of Jackie Robinson and Pope Pius XII. Also in 1948, Music Digest estimated that his records filled more than half of the 80,000 weekly hours allocated to recorded radio music. Bing Crosby won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Father Chuck O’Malley in the 1944 motion picture Going My Way.
Bing Crosby (right) gives Bob Hope (left) a golf lesson.
Nancy Sue Wilson (February 20, 1937 – December 13, 2018)
Los Angeles (AP) – Nancy Wilson, the Grammy-winning "song stylist" and torch singer whose polished pop-jazz vocals made her a platinum artist and top concert performer, has died.
According to her manager and publicist Devra Hall Levy, Wilson, who retired from touring in 2011, died after a long illness at her after a long illness at her home in Pioneer town, a California desert community near Joshua Tree National Park.
She received many nicknames including "Sweet Nancy", "The Baby", "Fancy Miss Nancy" and "The Girl With the Honey-Coated Voice".
On this day in 1941,the United States entered World War II when it declared war against Japan. The act came one day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Britain and Canada also declared war on Japan.
Smoke rises from the battleship USS Arizona as it sinks during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941.
John Winston Ono Lennon (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980)
John Lennon (left) signing a copy of Double Fantasy album for Mark Chapman several hours before the murder.
In New York City on this day in 1980, Mark David Chapman shot former Beatle John Lennon to death. Earlier in the day, Lennon had autographed an album for Chapman (above).
The main entrance to The Dakota, where Lennon was shot.
The cornerstone of the Executive Mansion was laid in Washington, DC. on this day in 1792. The building became known as the White House in 1818.
The 1903 World Series was the first modern World Series to be played in Major League Baseball. It was between the Boston Americans of the American League and the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League in a best-of-nine series, with Boston prevailing five games to three, winning the last four.
On this day in 2001, the U.S. and Great Britain began airstrikes in Afghanistan in response to that state’s support of terrorism and Osama bin Laden. The act was the first military action taken in response to the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001.
President George W. Bush addresses the nation announcing the airstrikes.
US airstrikes destroy Taliban camp in Afghanistan.
A cross marked the fence where 21-year-old Matthew Shepard was robbed, beaten and left to die on this day in 1998. He was lured by two men pretending to also be gay. Shepard was taken to a hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado, where he died six days later from severe head injuries. The fence has since been torn down.
Matthew Wayne "Matt" Shepard (December 1, 1976 – October 12, 1998)
Shepard’s death inspired the play The Laramie Project, later turned into a television movie, countless songs, a foundation devoted to his memory along with a political lobbying effort that pressed for, and eventually obtained, a new federal hate crimes statute named after him.
From left: Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney were charged with the murder of Matthew Shepard and are both serving long prison terms.
John J Mellencamp (previously known as John Cougar Mellencamp) is 67 years old today.
Singer-songwriter John Mellencamp is best known for his #1 hit song, "Jack & Diane." He has been nominated for more than ten Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008.
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