A  lithograph of 1883 eruption of Krakatoa.

One of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in recorded history occurred on Krakatoa (also called Krakatau), a small, uninhabited volcanic island east of Sumatra and west of Java, on August 27,
1883. Heard 3,000 miles away, the explosions threw five cubic
miles of earth 50 miles into the air, created 120-foot tsunamis
and killed 36,000 people.

Illustration of volcanic island of Krakatoa before it blew. 

 
SANDY KOZEL

Charles Augustus Lindbergh
(February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974)

SANDY KOZEL

Rudolph Valentino 
(nicknamed The Latin Lover)
(May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926)

1922

Jerry Ivan Allison (August 31, 1939 – August 22, 2022)

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Jerry Allison, who played to screaming crowds as a member of the 1950s rock band Buddy
Holly and the Crickets and co-wrote some of their biggest hits,
died Monday.

Allison’s writing contributions included co-penning “That’ll Be
the Day” and “Peggy Sue.” He said he also co-wrote “Not Fade
Away” with Holly but went uncredited, due to the producer
allegedly switching his own name in instead.

From left: Jerry Allison, Joe B. Mauldin, and Buddy Holly.

Virginia Ann Marie Patton Moss
(June 25, 1925 – August 18, 2022)

(Fox News) – The last surviving adult cast member of Frank Capra’s classic holiday film It’s a Wonderful  Life, Virginia Moss passed
away on August 18th at an assisted living facility in Albany, GA.
at age 97.

Moss starred in the 1946 film as Ruth Dakin Bailey, the wife of Harry Bailey (Todd Karns) and the sister-in-law of the main character
George Bailey, portrayed by James Stewart. Moss was the last
living adult actor who had worked on the film, though several
It’s a Wonderful Life actors who appeared in the film as children
are still alive, such as Karolyn Grimes, who shared a tribute to
Moss on her personal Facebook page.

Moss is kissed by James Stewart from It’s a Wonderful Life.