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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY
John Adam Belushi (January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982)
Comedian, actor, and musician John Belushi was one
of the seven original cast members of the NBC sketch
comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL) that premiered
October 11, 1975.

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MCHALE’S NAVY ACTOR HAS DIED AT AGE 88
James Yoshio Yoda (March 31, 1934 – January 13, 2023)
Yoshio Yoda, who portrayed Fuji, the sweet-natured Japanese
prisoner of war befriended by the irreverent gang of American
sailors at the center of the 1962-66 ABC World War II-set sitcom
McHale’s Navy, died Jan. 13 in Fullerton, CA. He was 88.
Yoda, who also went be the name James Yoshio Yoda during
his post-acting career as an executive of Toyota Hawaii, was
born in Tokyo and studied law at Keio University in Japan
before deciding on an acting career. After moving to the United
States, Yoda enrolled at the University of Southern California’s
film school.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISH TO A TRUE HERO
Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger III is 73 years old today.
Sully is a retired Air Force fighter pilot, diplomat, and airline
pilot best known for his heroism as captain of US Airways
Flight 1549 that he ditched in the Hudson River in 2009 after
both engines were disabled by a bird strike. All those aboard
the aircraft survived the ordeal.
Passengers stand on the wings of a US Airways Flight 1549
after it landed in the Hudson River, New York, January 15,
2009.
TOY WAS INTRODUCED ON THIS DAY IN 1957

Wham-O Manufacturing Co. of California began producing the
Pluto Platter — soon renamed the Frisbee.
"The Frisbee started off as nothing more than a container that
carried pies," reported University of Southern California online engineering publication Illumin Magazine, which analyzed the
physics and history of the toy.
"However, through the ingenuity of some college students, the inventiveness of Fred Morrison, and the marketing savvy of the
Wham-O Manufacturing Company, it eventually became an
immensely popular and internationally recognized toy."
(FOXNEWS)
Walter Frederick Morrison
(January 23, 1920 – February 9, 2010)

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