Singer-songwriter Terry Kirkman, a founding member of the
1960s folk-rock band the Association, has died at 83.

In the years following his departure from the Association,
Kirkman retired from the music industry, and worked in
California as an addictions counselor.

Kirkman lived in Montclair, California with his wife Heidi.

On August 27, 1955, the first edition of “The Guinness Book of
Records” was published in Great Britain; it quickly proved to
be a hit. Now known as the “Guinness World Records” book,
the annual publication features a wide range of feats related
to humans and animals.

The inspiration for the record book can be traced to Sir Hugh
Beaver, managing director of the Guinness Brewery in Dublin.

Compiled by sports journalists Norris and Ross McWhirter

The very first Guinness Book of World Records.

Sir Hugh Eyre Campbell Beaver
(4 May 1890 – 16 January 1967)

The world’s largest chain of convenience stores originated in
1927 when Southland Ice Company employee John Jefferson
Green began selling basics like eggs and bread on a stand in
front of one of the firm’s ice houses in Dallas,Texas. Company
chairman Joe C Thompson loved the concept and opened
several locations in Texas. The chain’s name was changed to
Tot’em Stores then 7-Eleven in 1946 to reflect its long opening
hours.

Although a subsidiary of the Tokyo-based Seven & i Holdings
since 1973, 7-Eleven is headquartered in Dallas,Texas.

Joe C. Thompson, Sr. (1901–1961)

Powel Crosley Jr.
(September 18, 1886 – March 28, 1961)

Crosley made his fortune in the automotive
parts and accessories business, before
diversifying into manufacturing other
consumer products and Crosley cars in
the 1920s and 1930s.

In 1925 his company became the largest
manufacturer of radios in the world.

The Smithsonian Institution is a group of museums, education
and research centers, the largest such complex in the world,
created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion
of knowledge”.  Founded on August 10, 1846, it operates as a
trust instrumentality and is not formally a part of any of the
three branches of the federal government. The institution is
named after its founding donor, British scientist James
Smithson. It was originally organized as the United States
National Museum, but that name ceased to exist in 1967.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

James Smithson  (c. 1765 – 27 June 1829)