Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone (January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947)

Al Capone was an  gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate. He
was convicted on federal charges of tax evasion in 1931 and sentenced to
federal prison in Atlanta. Capone was later transferred to, what was then, a
newly established prison on Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay. His term
there was completed on January 6, 1939.

Alcatraz Island

Arthur Godfrey Time was a Monday-Friday show that featured Godfrey’s
monologues, interviews with various stars, music from his own in-house
combo and regular vocalists. Godfrey’s monologues and discussions 
were usually unscripted, and went wherever he chose. The program
remained a late morning staple with the Old Read Head on the CBS 
Radio Network schedule until 1972.
 

1948

ABC’s Wide World of Sports is a sports anthology series on ABC
television that ran until January 3, 1998 and was hosted by Jim
McKay (below). The title continued to be used for general sports
TV programs on the network until 2006, primarily on Saturdays. 

Jim McKay

Charles Lindbergh made a historic first flight of the Spirit of St. Louis from Dutch Flats 
Airport near San Diego, Ca. Most of the employees of Ryan Aircraft that built the Spirit
came to the field to witness this historic flight.

Sandy Kozel