ROSS SIMPSON
Stevland Hardaway Morris (Judkins) is 68 years old today. He was
born in Saginaw, MI.
Motown prodigy and multi-instrumentalist who broke the record for Grammy Awards held by a solo artist with twenty-two titles and released over thirty
top ten hits during his career. He signed with Motown Records when he was
eleven years old. Stevie Wonder released the hit song "Fingertips (Pt. 2)"
when he was thirteen.
ROSS SIMPSON
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On this day in 1981, U.S. President Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded in Washington, DC, by John W. Hinckley Jr. (below). Two
police officers and Press Secretary James Brady were also wounded.
President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy wave from hospital
windows.
On this day in 1867, William Seward reached a deal to purchase
Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million.
William Henry Seward
(May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872)
A Treasury Check in the Amount of $7.2 Million for the Purchase of Alaska.
It was on this day in 1986.
James Francis Cagney Jr. (July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986)
James Cagney 1942 Best Actor.
Eric Patrick Clapton is 73 years old today.
Eric Clapton is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He
is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a
solo artist and separately as a member of the Yardbirds and of Cream. Clapton
has been referred to as one of the most important and influential guitarists of
all time and is ranked second in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the "100
Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibson’s "Top 50 Guitarists of
All Time". He was also named number five in Time magazine’s list of "The 10
Best Electric Guitar Players" in 2009
CARLATA BRADLEY
Over Rogers Dry Lake in Southern California on this day in 1947, pilot Chuck Yeager flew the Bell X-1 rocket plane and became the first person to break
the sound barrier.
Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager turned 94 on February 13.
The Battle of Hastings occurred in England on this day in 1066. The Norman forces of William the Conqueror defeated King Harold II of England.
On this day in 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent resistance to racial prejudice
in America. He was the youngest person to receive the award.
Former President Theodore Roosevelt was shot while campaigning
in Milwaukee, WI. on this day in 1912. His wound in the chest was
not serious and he continued with his planned speech. William
Schrenk was captured at the scene of the shooting.
Bloodstained shirt worn by Roosevelt, photographed following the
assassination attempt.
William Schrenk
Singer Bing Crosby died of a heart attack at the age of 74 on this day in1977.
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977)
Bing Crosby (right) on Pebble Beach in 1977.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
On this day on 1776.
A depiction of the hanging of Nathan Hale.
A border conflict between Iran and Iraq developed into a full-scale
war on this day in 1980.
Gerald Ford looks to where a shot was fired as he is leaving the St.
Francis Hotel.
On Sept. 22, 1975, Sara Jane Moore’s attempt to assassinate President Ford
was thwarted by Oliver Sipple, a disabled former marine. It was the second
attempt on Ford’s life in less than three weeks.
Sara Jane Moore
On this day in 1964, "Fiddler on the Roof" opened on Broadway. It was the beginning of a run of 3,242 performances.
Irving Berlin (Israel Beilin) (May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989)
Irving Berlin was a Russian born, American composer and lyricist, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.
Ed Donahue
Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan left Spain on this day in 1519 to
find a route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. Magellan was killed during
the trip, but one of his ships eventually made the journey.
On this day in 1958, Martin Luther King, Jr. was signing books at a store in
Harlem when a woman stabbed him in the chest with a letter opener. The
sharp instrument went through his sternum and came close.
King during his hospital stay.
Holocaust survivor and Nazi Hunter Simon Wiesenthal died on this
day in 2005. He was 96.
Wiesenthal’s grave marker in Israel.
It was on this day in 1973.
On this day in 1973, singer Jim Croce was killed in a plane crash on his way
to Sherman, TX, for a concert. Maury Muehleisen and four others were also
killed.
Sophia Loren (Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone)
is 83 today.
Italian actress Sophia Loren won an Academy Award for Best
Actress for her role as Cesira in the 1962 film Two Women. She
voiced the character Mama Topolino in the 2011 Disney feature
Cars 2. Before fame, she was a finalist for a beauty pageant in
Naples at the age of fourteen.
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April 6, 1962
