MIKE GRACIA
Film director, writer, producer, and actor Quentin Tarantino
is 60 years old today.
Tarantino’s work has been subject to controversy and
has garnered a cult following, as well as critical and
commercial success. He has received two Academy
Awards and four Golden Globes.
1994
MIKE GRACIA
Quentin Jerome Tarantino is 56 years old today.
Director, producer, and screenwriter Quentin Tarantino first
received acclaim for his 1990s crime films Reservoir Dogs,
Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown. He later went on to direct the
action films Kill Bill: Volume 1, Kill Bill: Volume 2, Inglourious
Basterds and Django Unchained. He dropped out of Narbonne
High School his freshman year to go to acting school.
SANDY KOZEL
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved for sale an
oral birth-control pill for the first time on this day in 1960.
Chairman Newton N. Minow testifies before a Senate subcommittee.
Americans Richard Byrd (left) and Floyd Bennett (right) became the
first men to fly an airplane over the North Pole on this day in 1926.
From left: Mike Wallace and Harry Reasoner.
Myron Leon "Mike" Wallace (May 9, 1918 – April 7, 2012)
Media personality Mike Wallace was a journalist, and game show
host. He interviewed a wide range of prominent newsmakers during
his seven decade career. He was one of the original correspondents
for CBS‘ 60 Minutes, which debuted in 1968. Wallace retired as a
regular full-time correspondent in 2006, but appeared occasionally
on the television series until 2008.
William Martin Joel is 69 years old today. He was born
in The Bronx, New York City.
Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and pianist Billy
Joel gained fame for his song "Piano Man" and became the
third best-selling solo artist in the United States.
From 1973 to 2013, he wrote 33 top forty hits, including "Just
the Way You Are," which hit #3 in 1977.
He learned boxing to defend himself from bullies, and won 22
bouts in the amateur Golden Gloves circuit. He played the
piano at bars to help support his mother while in high school.
MIKE GRACIA
On this day in 1997, Dr. Martin Luther King JR’s son Dexter (left)
met with James Earl Ray, the accused assassin of his father.
April 1968
It was on this day in 2002.
On this day in 1998, the FDA approved the prescription drug Viagra,
the first pill for male impotence.
Quentin Jerome Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Film director, producer, and screenwriter Quentin Tarantino first received
acclaim for his 1990s crime films Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Jackie
Brown. He dropped out of High School his freshman year to go to acting
school.
