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Troyal Garth Brooks is a country singer/songwriter. He’s
64 years old today.
Brooks is the only artist in music history to have released
nine albums that were certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America, surpassing The Beatles.
ROSS SIMPSON
Henry Louis Aaron (February 5, 1934 – January 22, 2021)
Nicknamed "Hammer" or "Hammerin’ Hank", was a professional
baseball right fielder who played 23 seasons in Major League
Baseball from 1954 through 1976.
Considered one of the greatest baseball players in history, he
spent 21 seasons with the Milwaukee /Atlanta Braves in the
National League and two seasons with he Milwaukee Brewers
in the American League.
At the time of his retirement, Aaron held most of the game’s key
career power-hitting records. He broke the long-standing MLB
record for career home runs held by Babe Ruth and remained
the career leader for 33 years, until Barry Bonds surpassed his
famous total of 755 in 2007.
Richard Fremont Dauer (July 27, 1952 – February 3, 2025)
(LBS) – Former Houston Astros coach Rich Dauer has died at the
age of 72. He underwent an emergency brain surgery in 2017,
the day of the team’s World Series celebration.
Dauer played for the Baltimore Orioles from 1976-1985 and won
the World Series with them in 1983. As a player, he was known
for his great glove in the infield.
Dauer was inducted into the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame in
2012.
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (Official presidential portrait)
(December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924)
Wilson was the 28th president of the United States, serving from
1913 to 1921. He was the only Democrat to serve as president
during the Progressive Era when Republicans dominated the
presidency and legislative branches.
Wilson’s health declined markedly after leaving office in 1921. He
died on February 3, 1924, at the age of 67.
President Wilson was interred in Washington National Cathedral,
being the only president whose final resting place lies within the
nation’s capital.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Washington National Cathedral.
A 1934 $100,000 gold certificate depicting Wilson.
Rising American rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P.
“The Big Bopper” Richardson, along with pilot Roger Peterson,
were killed when their chartered Beechcraft Bonanza plane
crashed in Iowa a few minutes after takeoff from Mason City on
a flight headed for Moorhead, Minnesota.
Investigators blamed the crash on bad weather and pilot error.
Holly and his band, the Crickets, had just scored a No. 1 hit with
“That’ll Be the Day.”
After mechanical difficulties with the tour bus, Holly had chartered
a plane for his band to fly between stops on the Winter Dance
Party Tour. However, Richardson, who had the flu, convinced
Holly’s band member Waylon Jennings to give up his seat, and
Ritchie Valens won a coin toss for another seat on the plane.
Singer Don McLean (above) memorialized Holly, Valens and
Richardson in the 1972 No. 1 hit “American Pie,” which
refers to February 3, 1959 as “the day the music died.”
Holly’s headstone in the City of Lubbock Cemetery.
