Camille Bohannon
Dolly Rebecca Parton is a singer, songwriter, actress, and
philanthropist, known primarily for her decades-long career
in country music. After achieving success as a songwriter
for others, Parton made her album debut in 1967 with Hello,
I’m Dolly. Dolly is 79 years young today.
Kevin Michael Costner, actor,singer and filmmaker, is 70 years
old today.
Born in Lynwood, California, Costner has received various
accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Golden
Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Costner rose to prominence starring in such films as The
Untouchables (1987), Bull Durham (1988), Field of Dreams
(1989), JFK (1991), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991),
The Bodyguard (1992), and A Perfect World (1993).
Kevin Costner directed and starred in the western epic
Dances with Wolves (1990), for which he won two
Academy Awards: Best Picture and Best Director.
2000
2019
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.)
(January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016)
Born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, Ali began training as
an amateur boxer at age 12. At 18, he won a gold medal in the
light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics and
turned professional later that year. He is frequently cited as
the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time.
1965
On January 15, 1929, Martin Luther King Jr was born in Atlanta,
Georgia, the son of a Baptist minister. King received a doctorate
degree in theology and in 1955 helped organize the first major
protest of the African American civil rights movement: the
successful Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Influenced by Mohandas Gandhi, he advocated civil disobedience
and nonviolent resistance to segregation in the South. The
peaceful protests he led throughout the American South were
often met with violence, but King and his followers persisted,
and the movement gained momentum.
Martin Luther King Jr.
(born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968)
SANDY KOZEL
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994)
was the 37th president of the United States, serving from
1969 until his resignation in 1974.
