Stone in Vietnam (Sept. 16, 1967 – late November, 1968)
Oliver Stone was part of the battle at Firebase Burt on the
evening of January 1, 1968. He was wounded twice and
awarded the Bronz Star for combat gallantry. He was also
awarded the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster.
Oliver Stone is 66 today
Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982)
Rainier III, Prince of Monaco and Princess Grace on their wedding day in
April, 1956
Ground zero night operations
Otis Ray Redding, Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967)
The soul singer-songwriter died when his plane crashed in Lake Monona
during a storm en route to a concert in Madison. That was just three days
after recording “Dock of the Bay”. It became the first posthumous number-
one record on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts
