On this day in 1962, the Soviet Union exchanged captured American U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers (seated) for the Soviet KGB spy Rudolph Ivanovich Abel (right) being held by the U.S.
Ralph Dale Earnhardt Sr. (April 29, 1951 – February 18, 2001)
NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, Sr., was killed in a crash during the final lap of the Daytona 500 race on this day in 2001. Earnhardt was inducted into numerous halls of fame, including the NASCAR Hall ofFame inaugural class in 2010.
Dale Earnhardt in car # 3 hits the wall hard in the 2001 Daytona 500.
John Joseph Travolta is 65 years old today.
Actor John Travolta starred in the 1970s hit films Saturday Night Fever and Grease. He went on to play Vincent Vega in the critically acclaimed 1994 film Pulp Fiction. Travolta also starred in the action thriller Face/Off (1997) with Nicolas Cage.
Prosecutors Marcia Clark and Christopher Darden seek life without parole forO.J.
After careful selection, a Jury of eight women and four men was selected and included eight blacks, one white, one Hispanic and two people of mixed race.
In baseball, the "Shot Heard ‘Round the World" was a game-winning home run by New York Giants outfielder and third baseman Bobby Thomson off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca at the Polo Grounds in New York City on October 3, 1951, to win the National League (NL) pennant.
Thomson hits the ‘Shot Heard ‘Round the World’ atThe Polo Grounds in New York City .
Robert (Bobby) Brown Thomson (October 25, 1923 – August 16, 2010)
The children’s television series “Captain Kangaroo” aired weekday mornings on the CBS network from October 3, 1955, until December 8, 1984, making it the longest-running nationally broadcast children’s television program of its day.
Robert James Keeshan (June 27, 1927 – January 23, 2004)
On this day in 1955, "The Mickey Mouse Club" premiered on ABC-TV and ran until 1959.
Walt Disney (center) is surrounded by members of "The Mickey Mouse Club" cast.
Head Mouseketeer Jimmie Dodd with his Mouse Guitar.