First Day of School by Norman Rockwell, The Saturday
Evening Post, September 14, 1935.
Norman Percevel Rockwell
(February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978)

First Day of School by Norman Rockwell, The Saturday
Evening Post, September 14, 1935.
Norman Percevel Rockwell
(February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978)

Richard Edmund Williams (March 19, 1933 – August 16, 2019)
LONDON (AP) — Richard Williams, a Canadian-British animator whose work
on the bouncing cartoon bunny in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988) helped
blur the boundaries between the animated world and our own, has died. His
daughter, Natasha Sutton Williams, said the Oscar-winning artist died from
cancer at his home in Bristol, England on Friday.

Smokey Bear is an campaign and advertising icon created by the
U.S.Forest Service with artist Albert Staehle (below). In the Wildfire
Prevention Campaign, which is the longest-running public service
announcement (PSA) campaign in United States history.
Albert Staehle (1899 – 1974)

Hank Aaron slams his 715th home run over the fence and
into the history books.
Hank Aaron displays his 715th home run ball, the ball that
broke Babe Ruth’s famed home run record.

Henry Louis Aaron (nicknamed "Hammer" or "Hammerin’ Hank")
turned 85 on February 5th.
MIKE GRACIA
The 13-day siege of the Alamo by Santa Anna and his army ended
on this day in 1836. The Mexican army of about four thousand men
under President General Santa Anna defeated 189 Texas volunteers fighting for independence from Mexico.
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Rob Reiner (Robert Norman Reiner) is 72 years-old today.
Actor and director Rob Reiner is known especially for his role as
Michael (“Meathead”) Stivic in the CBS television series All in the
Family (1971–79) and for his direction of such culturally resonant
films as This Is Spinal Tap (1984), The Princess Bride (1987), When
Harry Met Sally… (1989), and A Few Good Men (1992).
