Bob Dylan “went electric” when he plugged in his Fender Strocaster guitar for the
first time at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. The guitar was sold Friday at auction
for a record $965,000. It had been in the possession of a New Jersey family for 
nearly 50 years. Dylan left it on a private plane piloted by the owner’s late father.

Five lots of hand- and typewritten lyric fragments found inside the guitar case were
also sold.

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    William Surrey Hart (December 6, 1864 – June 23, 1946)

Hart was a successful Shakespearean actor on Broadway who also
appeared in the original 1899 stage production of Ben-Hur. He went
on to become one of the great stars of the motion picture western. He 
entered films in 1914 where, after supporting roles in two short films,he
achieved stardom as the lead in the feature The Bargain.

Fascinated by the Old West, he acquired Billy the Kid‘s "six shooters"
and was a friend of legendary lawmen Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson. 

              
                Hart in Ben-Hur

Crew members James Lovell and Frank Borman

Gemini 7 was the 4th manned Gemini flight with Air Force Lt. Col. Frank Borman
and Navy Comdr. James A. Lovell on board. They spent nearly 14 days in space
making a total of 206 orbits, and were joined by the Gemini-6A flight which then 
performed the first rendezvous maneuver of manned spacecraft.

         
James Lovell, 85 (3-25-1928)                      Frank Borman, 85 (3-14-1928)

Robert Arthur "Bobby" Allison was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of
Fame on May 23, 2011.    

Bobby is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver who was named one of
NASCAR’s 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford and Davey Allison,
followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other. The
stock car legend won the Daytona 500 three times. He entered his first
race as a senior in high school.

Pictured from left are Henry Ford and his son Edsel Ford

The Ford Model A of 1928–1931 was the second huge success for 
the Ford Motor Company, after its predecessor, the Model T. It was
first produced on October 20, 1927, but not sold to the public until
December 2, it replaced the Model T, which had been produced for
18 years. This new Model A  was designated as a 1928 model and
was available in four standard colors.

A Ford sales brochure