Robert De Niro is celebrating birthday 71 today

1980

Clarence Leonidas "Leo" Fender (August 10, 1909 – March 21, 1991)

Fender created the famous Fender brand of guitars. He also created the
Music Man and G&L Musical Instruments companies. Before fame he made
money repairing radios as a teenager in California. In 2009 he was awarded
a Technical Grammy Award for his contributions of outstanding significance
to the recording field.

Leo Fender was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 – a
unique achievement given that he never learned to play the instruments
which he made a career of building.

In 2009 he was awarded a Technical Grammy Award for his contributions of
outstanding significance to the recording field.

Warner Brothers introduced Vitaphone, a sound film system, in New York with
the release of the silent feature Don Juan starring John Barrymore. The film 
had been retrofitted with a symphonic musical score and sound effects.

A Vitaphone projection setup at a 1926 demonstration. Engineer E. B. Craft
is holding a soundtrack disc. The turntable, on a massive tripod base, is at 
lower center.

Sandy Kozel

Camille Bohannon

William Henry "Bill" Cosby Jr. is 77 today. After flunking 10th grade,
he worked as an apprentice at a local shoe repair shop and began
performing stand up comedy at The Hungry I nightclub in San
Francisco.