Will Vinton(November 17, 1947 – October 4, 2018)
(Portland, Oregon) – Will Vinton, the creator of the beloved Claymation characters of the 1980s, like the California Raisins and the Domino’s Pizza Noid, has died. His family announced his death in a Facebook post Thursday afternoon. They said he battled multiple myeloma, a cancer in white blood cells, for 12 years. Vinton won an Oscar for his work and several Emmy Awards and Clio Awards for his studio’swork.
The first televised debate between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy took place in Chicago, IL. on this day in 1960.
The musical "West Side Story" opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on this day in 1957.
The Broadway production ran for 732 performances before going on tour. It was nominated for six Tony Awards including Best Musical in 1957, but the Best Musical award went to Meredith Willson‘s The Music Man.
On this day in 1957, the Arkansas National Guard was ordered by Governor Orval Faubus to keep nine black students from going into Little Rock’s Central High School.
Orval Eugene Faubus(January 7, 1910 – December 14, 1994)
The Ford Motor Company began selling the Edsel on this day in 1957. The car was so unpopular that it was taken off the market two years later.
Los Angeles, CA, was founded by Spanish settlers on this day in 1781. The original name was "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula," which translates as "The Town of the Queen of Angels."
View of a statue depicting the Governor Felipe de Neve, in Los Angeles Plaza.
George Eastman registered the name "Kodak" and patented his roll-film camera on this day in 1888. The camera took 100 photos per roll.
On this day in 1972, swimmer Mark Spitz captured his seventh Olympic gold medal in the 400-meter medley relay event at Munich, Germany. Spitz was the first Olympian to win seven gold medals.
Former member of the R&B girl group Destiny’s Child who also became a widely successful solo artist. She has won a total of 2 2 Grammy Awards for songs such as "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)," "Drunk in Love" and "Crazy in Love."She won her first school talent show with her rendition of "Imagine" by John Lennon.
Marvin Neil Simon(July 4, 1927 – August 26, 2018)
NEW YORK (AP) — Playwright Neil Simon, a master of comedy whose laugh-filled hits such as "The Odd Couple," ”Barefoot in the Park" and his "Brighton Beach" trilogy dominated Broadway for decades, has died.
A longtime friend said Simon died early Sunday of complications from pneumonia surrounded by family at New York Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan.
James Edward Burton was born in Dubberly, Louisiana.
Since the 1950s, Burton has recorded and performed with an array of notable singers, including Elvis Presley, Ricky Nelson, Johnny Cash, The Everly Brothers, Merle Haggard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Glen Campbell, Roy Orbison, Vince Gill and the list goes on.
Critic Mark Demming writes that "Burton has a well-deserved reputation as one of the finest guitar pickers in either country or rock, Burton is one of the best guitar players to ever touch a fretboard."
From left: Elvis Presley and James Burton.
James Burton (left) and Ricky Nelson (center) with bassist James Kirkland.
