TIM MAGUIRE

On this day in 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery, on a slope below Arlington House, where an eternal
flame (below) was lit by his widow to forever mark the grave.    

Jacqueline Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy walk away from the president’s casket after lighting the Eternal Flame.

John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame at Arlington National Cemetery
after its 2013 renovation.

CAMILLE
BOHANNON

The Mickey Mouse Club was an ABC television show that aired intermittently from 1955 to 1996 and returned in 2017 to social
media. It was created by Walt Disney and produced by Walt
Disney Productions.

Walt Disney (center) with the Mouseketeers in 1955.

   
    
    
    
    
   
      
The children’s tv series Captain Kangaroo aired weekday
mornings on the American television network CBS from
October 3, 1955, until December 8, 1984, making it the
longest-running nationally broadcast children’s tv
program of its day. The show was conceived and the
title character was played by Bob Keeshan, who had
portrayed the original Clarabell the Clown on The
Howdy Doody show that aired on NBC.

Robert James Keeshan
(June 27, 1927 – January 23, 2004)

TIM MAGUIRE

On this day in 1962, Johnny Carson began hosting the “Tonight”
show on NBC television. He was introduced by Groucho Marx
(left) who warmed up the audience with a 15-minute monologue.

Johnny Carson with second banana Ed McMahon (left).

Talk show host Johnny Carson wipes his eye after
watching a series of clips from earlier shows during
the last taping of the "Tonight Show" in 1992.

CAMILLE BOHANNON

Jerry Lee Lewis, often known by his nickname…The Killer
is 84 years old to day. 

Singer-songwriter Jerry Lee Lewis has been described as a pioneer of
rockabilly and ‘’rock & roll’s first great wild man.”         

On February 28, 2019, Lewis suffered a minor stroke in Memphis. He is
expected to fully recover, but had to cancel some appearances.

CAMILLE
BOHANNON

Retired actor Charles Robert Redford Jr. is 83 today.

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