ROSS SIMPSON

George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799)

Washington’s legacy as a commander at Valley Forge, Yorktown, and
Boston was honored in 1917 when an asteroid was named after him:
the 886 Washingtonia asteroid.

Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978)

Norman Rockwell was a Painter and Saturday Evening Post illustrator known
for his images of American family life. His most famous, politically themed works
included "Rosie the Riveter" and "The Problem We All Live With." He was asked
at age 18 to illustrate Carl H. Claudy’s work, "Tell Me Why: Stories about Mother
Nature." Early in his career, he also began creating cover art for Boys’ Life, the
Boy Scout publication. His first Boys’ Life cover, "Scouts at Ship’s Wheel," was
published on the September 1913 edition. Norman Rockwell was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977.

Brian Thomas

A Beechcraft 35 Bonanza similar to N3794N, the 1947
accident aircraft.

The memorials made by fans at the corn field crash site where the
plane came to rest.

Camille Bohannon

Martin Charles Scorsese is 73 today.

scorsese was named to Time magazine’s 2007 list of
the 100 Most Influential People in the World.

Oscar-Claude Monet  (November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926) 

Impressionist painter Monet was famous for such works as Impression,
Sunrise and Water Lilies. His artistic endeavor was to document the
French countryside through the various hours of the day and changing
seasons. He painted many of his famous images of water lilies while he
was going blind.