Buddy Holly was a singer, songwriter, and guitarist who along with his band The Crickets pioneered rock with "That’ll Be the Day," which topped the Billboard Best Sellers list.
He won a talent contest when he was five years old for singing "Have You Ever Gone Sailing (Down the River of Memories)."
Rolling Stone ranked him as the thirteenth "Greatest Artist of All Time." He died in a plane crash less than two years after his career took off.
On this day in 1901, President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded (he died eight days later) by Leon Czolgosz, an American anarchist, was executed the following October.
Leon Czolgosz
The funeral for Britain’s Princess Diana was on this day in 1997.
Piggly Wiggly is a supermarket chain in the Southern and Midwestern regions of the U.S. The first outlet opened in 1916 in Memphis, Tennessee, and is notable for having been the first true self-servicegrocery store, and the originator of various familiar supermarket features such as checkout stands, individual item price marking and shopping carts. The current company headquarters is in Keene, New Hampshire. Currently, more than 600 independently owned Piggly Wiggly stores operate in 17 states, primarily in smaller cities and towns.
Bass player, composer, vocalist Roger Waters was co-founder, and front man of the English rock band Pink Floyd, the group known for songs like "Shine On You Crazy Diamond."
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.
Mark Andrew Spitz turned 68 in February.
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter is 37 years young today.
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.
World War II began when Germany invaded Poland on this day in 1939.
Hitler salutes as he oversees troops during the Nazi occupation of Poland.
It was on this day in 2004.
Russian President Vladimir Putin seen during his televised address to the nation.
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It was on this day in 1983.
President Ronald Reagan condemning the Soviet attack on a Korean airliner.
On this day in 1972, America’s Bobby Fischer (right) beats Russia’s Boris Spassky (left) to become world chess champion. The chess match took place in Reykjavik, Iceland.
This undated photo provided by Heritage Auctions shows the chess board used by American Bobby Fischer and Soviet champ Boris Spassky during their historic 1972 “Match of the Century.”
Gloria Estefan (Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo) is 61 years young today.
Latin pop singer Gloria Estefan has sold more than one hundred million records over the course of her career. She has released many #1 hits, including "Don’t Wanna Lose You." Gloria once worked with the Miami International Airport Customs Department while in college and was approached by the CIA because of her prowess with language. She has won seven Grammy Awards, including one for Best Tropical Latin Album in 1993 for Mi Tierra.
On this day in 1949, Richard Gere, the star of such hit films as An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), Pretty Woman (1990) and Chicago (2002), is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Gere was raised in the Syracuse, New York area and attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst on a gymnastics scholarship. He left college before graduating to pursue a career in theater. On the big screen, Gere’s early credits included roles in 1977’s Looking for Mr. Goodbar, with Diane Keaton, and 1978’s Days of Heaven, with Sam Shepard and Brooke Adams.
