Happy Birthday Clint…94 today         
         
     
    
    
    
    

Clint Eastwood achieved success in the Western
TV series Rawhide (1959 – 1965) on CBS and the
"Man with No Name" in Sergio Leone‘s Dollars
Trilogy of spaghetti Westerns during the mid- 
1960s and as inspector Harry Callahan in the
five Dirty Harry  films throughout the 1970s
and1980s. 

These roles, among others, have made Eastwood
a cultural icon of masculinity. Elected in 1986,
Eastwood served for two years as the mayor of
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.

1971

Eastwood’s debut as a director in 1971.

1992

Eastwood reached the top as a filmmaker with his Oscar-
winning Western, "Unforgiven" (1992).

On this day in history, May 30, 1868, the first Decoration Day —
a precursor to Memorial Day — was celebrated.

Originally known as Decoration Day, from early traditions of
decorating graves with flags, flowers and wreaths, Memorial
Day is a day for remembrance to honor those who have died
in service to our country.

According to PBS,"This was first widely observed on May 30,
1868, to commemorate the sacrifices of Civil War soldiers, by proclamation of Gen. John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the
Republic, an organization of former Union sailors and soldiers," according to PBS.

Manhattan DA says ‘I did my job’ after Trump found guilty
of all charges at historic trial.

Former President William Howard Taft (above) dedicated the
Lincoln Memorial on the Washington Mall on May 30, 1922.

At the time, Taft was serving as chief justice of the U.S.
Supreme Court. A crowd gathered on the Mall to witness
the ceremony.

The neoclassical monument honors 16th U.S. president 
Abraham Lincoln. Congress authorized construction of
a monument to Lincoln on the Capitol grounds in 1867
(two years after his assassination), but it took until 1911
for funding to be approved; construction was then
slowed due to World War I.

     
       
        
        
        
        
        
       
William Howard Taft (left) President Warren G. Harding (center) and Todd Lincoln, the eldest son of Abraham Lincoln. 
      
 

Erik Brann, Ron Bushy, Lee Dorman, and Doug Ingle of Iron Butterfly.

Doug Ingle, a founding member and lead singer of Iron Butterfly,
has passed away. No cause of death stated.

Fox News confirmed on Monday that the "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"
singer died on Friday evening May 24.

Between 1974 and 1978, Ingle managed a recreational vehicle
park in the Los Angeles National Forest. He spent time painting
houses in Oregon, Washington and California.

1968 release