Sammy Davis Jr nearly lost his life in an automobile accident in San Bernardino,
California. The impact of the crash had driven Sammy’s face into the steering
wheel, and his left eye was forced out of its socket by the bullet-shaped horn
button at the center of the wheel of his 1954 Cadillac. After wearing an eye
patch for years, he was fitted with a glass eye.

Debut studio album, released in January of 1955.

Samuel George "Sammy" Davis Jr.
(December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990)

THE REMAINS OF JOHNNY HORTON’S 1960 CADAILLAC.

John LaGale "Johnny" Horton (April 30, 1925 – November 5, 1960).

On the night of November 4–5, 1960, country music and rockabilly singer 
Johnny Horton and two other band members were travelling from Austin,
Texas to Shreveport when they collided with an oncoming truck on a bridge
near Milano, Texas. Horton died en route to hospital. The two band members
survived, having received various injuries. 

When Johnny Cash, a good friend of Horton’s, learned about the accident
he said, “I locked myself in one of the hotel’s barrooms and cried.”

1960

FROM LEFT: JOHNNY CASH AND JOHNNY HORTON.

Tim Maguire

James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955)

Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer; April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967)

Actress, singer, and sex symbol Jayne Mansfield had numerous Hollywood
credits including “The Girl Can’t Help It” (1956), and “The Wayward Bus”
(1957).

As a child, Mansfield was a talented pianist and violinist who would often
give impromptu concerts in her family’s driveway.

Mansfield was only 34 when she died of head injuries received in an automobile
accident while on her way to an early-morning TV interview in New Orleans. 

John Belmont

John Joseph Travolta is 61 years old today.