Ray Harroun was the winner of the first Indianapolis 500 on May 30, 1911. He was awarded the sum of $25,100.
A total of 40 drivers participated in that first Indy race.
The Marmon Wasp in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame
Peter Nero (born Bernard Nierow) recorded his first album in 1961,
and won a Grammy Award that year for "Best New Artist." Since then,
he has received another Grammy, ten additional nominations and
released 67 albums. When Nero was with RCA Records he produced
23 albums in eight years. He later moved to Columbia Records where
the outcome was the million-selling single and album, Summer of ‘42.
Albert Edward Sterner’s "Portrait of Rollin Kirby" ,1931
Rollin Kirby (September 4, 1875 – May 8, 1952) was a political
cartoonist for the New York World and the New York Post. He
was the first winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
for his cartoon “on the Road to Moscow”. Kirby received the
Pulitzer for his cartooning again in 1924 and 1928.
Hollywood film industry leaders gathered in a hotel ballroom to organize the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is a professional
honorary organization composed of over 6,000 motion picture professionals
dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures. It
is known around the world for its annual Academy Awards, informally known
as the "Oscars".
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Frank James (Gary) Cooper (May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961)
Cooper’s career spanned from 1925 until shortly before his death in
1961, with more than one hundred films to his credit. He received five
Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, winning twice for Sergeant
York and High Noon. He also received an Honorary Award in 1961 from
the Academy.
The American Film Institute’s 100 Years…100 Stars ranked cooper at
#11 among males from the Classical Hollywood cinema period. In 2003,
his performances as Will Kane in High Noon (1952), Lou Gehrig in The
Pride of the Yankees (1942), and Alvin York in Sergeant York (1941)
made the AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Heroes and Villains list, all of them
as heroes.
