Buddy Holly was a singer, songwriter, and guitarist who along with his band The Crickets pioneered rock with "That’ll Be the Day," which topped the Billboard Best Sellers list.
He won a talent contest when he was five years old for singing "Have You Ever Gone Sailing (Down the River of Memories)."
Rolling Stone ranked him as the thirteenth "Greatest Artist of All Time." He died in a plane crash less than two years after his career took off.
Edward C. "Ed" King (September 14, 1949 – August 22, 2018)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) – Ed King, the former guitarist for Lynyrd Skynrd, has died at his home in Nashville. He had been battling cancer in the months prior to his death.
King’s family made the announcement in a Facebook post, ending with ‘We thank his many friends and fans for their love and support of Ed during his life and career."
The rocker played guitar for Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1972 to 1975 and helped write iconic songs such as, "Sweet Home Alabama."
King was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006
On this day in 1987, U.S, President Ronald Reagan challenged Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. It was 29 months later when Gorbachev allowed Berliners to destroy the wall.
On September 12,1990, now-former President Reagan returned to Berlin with wife Nancy, where he personally took a few symbolic hammer swings at a remnant of the Berlin Wall.
On this day in 1963, Civil rights leader Medgar Evers was fatally shot in front of his home in Jackson, MS.
Medgar Wiley Evers(July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963)
Byron De La Beckwith was accused of killing civil rights activist Medgar Evers in 1963. After two trials had hung juries in 1964, he was finally convicted of the crime in 1994. He received a life sentence in prison where he died on January 21, 2001 at the age of 80.
On 12 June 1978, Berkowitz was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for each murder, to be served consecutively. The Serial killer had terrorized the streets of New York City for over a year. killing six people and leaving seven others severely injured. He was being called the .44 Caliber Killer at the time.
David Richard Berkowitz turned 65 on June 1.
In 1987, Berkowitz claimed to have become an evangelical Christian while in prison. According to his personal testimony, his moment of conversion occurred after reading Psalm 34:6 from a Bible given to him by a fellow inmate. He says he is no longer to be referred to as the "Son of Sam" but the "Son of Hope".
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was dedicated in Cooperstown, New York on this day in 1939.
This famous photo from the 1939 Hall of Fame dedication ceremony is missing Ty Cobb, who received more votes than any other player in the first election.
President George W. Bush’s first State of The Union Speech on this day in 2002.
A bomb exploded at an abortion clinic in Birmingham, AL, killing an off-duty policeman and severely wounding a nurse on this day in 1998.Eric Rudolph (below) was charged with this bombing and three other attacks in Atlanta.
Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Raven" was published for the first time in the "New York Evening Mirror on this day in 1845.
Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849)
On this day in 1936, Ty Cobb received the most votes of any player on the inaugural Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, receiving 222 out of a possible 226 votes (98.2%); no other player received a higher percentage of votes until Tom Seaver in 1992. In 1999, editors at the Sporting News ranked Ty Cobb third on their list of "Baseball’s 100 Greatest Players".
TY COBB, BABE RUTH, HONUS WAGNER, CHRISTY MATHEWSON, WALTER JOHNSON.
Oprah Winfrey(Orpah Gail Winfrey) is 64 today.
Television host and producer Oprah Winfrey was named the most influential woman in the world by TIME magazine and hosted The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest-rated syndicated program on air, from 1986 to 2011. She was crowned Miss Black Tennessee while in college and began co-anchoring the evening news when she was nineteen. Oprah became the world’s first female black billionaire and the richest self-made American woman. She had a net worth over $2 billion in 2013.
London received its initial rain of bombs from Nazi Germany during World War II on this day in 1940.
The military dictator and President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo died on this day in 1997.
The Panama Canal treaties were signed by U.S. President Carter (left) and General Omar Torrijos Herrera on this day in 1977. The treaties called for the U.S. to turn over control of the canal’s waterway to Panama in the year 2000.
ESPN, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, made its debut on cable TV on this day in 1979.
The National Professional Football Hall of Fame was dedicated in Canton, OHon this day in 1963.
Buddy Holly was a singer, songwriter, and guitarist who along The Crickets pioneered rock with "That’ll Be the Day," which topped the Billboard Best Sellers.
Buddy won a talent contest when he was five years old for singing "Have You Ever Gone Sailing (Down the River of Memories)."
