SANDY KOZEL

Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004)

Widely regarded as one of the greatest cinema actors of the 20th
century, Brando received numerous accolades throughout his
career, which spanned six decades, including two Academy
Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Cannes Film Festival
Award, three British Academy Film Awards, and an Emmy
Award.

Marlon Brando is credited with being one of the first actors to
bring the Stanislavski system of acting and method acting to
mainstream audiences.

He made his film debut playing a wounded G.I. in The Men
(1950) and won two Academy Awards for Best Actor for his
roles as a dockworker in the crime drama film On the
Waterfront (1954).

1972

Pvt. Eddie Slovik became the first American soldier since
the Civil War to be court-martialed and executed by firing
squad for desertion—and the only one who suffered such
a fate during World War II.

Pvt. Eddie Slovik was a draftee. Originally classified 4-F
because of a prison record (grand theft auto), he was
reclassified 1-A when draft standards were lowered to
meet growing personnel needs.

In January 1944, he was trained to be a rifleman, which
was not to his liking, as he hated guns.

In August of the same year, Slovik was shipped to France
to fight with the 28th Infantry Division.

Eddie and Antoinette Slovik.

1974

ED DANAHUE

Bo Diddley (Ellas Otha Bates)
(December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008)

Bo Diddley played a key role in the transition from
the blues to rock and roll. He influenced many artists,
including Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley and the Beatles.      
 

His use of African rhythms and a signature beat, a
simple  five-accent hambone rhythm, is a cornerstone
of hip hop, rock, and pop music.     

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TIM MAGUIRE

I Love Lucy is a television sitcom that originally aired on
CBS from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, with a total
of 180 half-hour episodes spanning six seasons.

The series starred Lucille Ball (1911-1989) and her husband
Desi Arnaz (1917-1986) (above) along with Vivian Vance and William Frawley.

On September 6, 1901, President William McKinley was shaking
hands at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo, New York,
when a 28-year-old anarchist named Leon Czolgosz approached
him and fired two shots into his chest. The president rose slightly
on his toes before collapsing forward, saying “be careful how you
tell my wife.”