Armando Anthony “Chick” Corea
(June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021)

Chick Corea, iconic jazz keyboardist and winner of 23 Grammy
awards, died at his Florida home from a rare form of Cancer.

CAMILLE BOHANNON

Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996)

SANDY KOZEL

Guglielmo Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi
( April 25, 1874 – July 20, 1937

Marconi was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer,
known for his pioneering work on long-distance radio
transmission, development of Marconi’s law, and a
radio telegraph system. He is credited as the inventor
of radio, and he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics
with Karl Ferdinand Braun "in recognition of their
contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy".

Actor Alfredo James Pacino is 78 years old today.     

Al Pacino had his breakthrough as mobster Michael Corleone in the
Godfather trilogy and won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his
role as Frank Slade in the 1992 film Scent of a Woman. He is also
known for his starring roles in Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Heat (1995),
Scarface (1983), and Serpico (1973).

1992

TIM MAGUIRE

 On this day in 1977, President Jimmy Carter pardoned almost all Vietnam War draft evaders. During his presidential campaign, he
had announced his intention to pardon those who had failed to
register for the draft or left the country to avoid service.    

 


Vietnam Draft Dodgers in 1977.
      
      

On this day in 1976, the French Concorde SST aircraft began regular commercial service for Air France and British Airways.

The official handover ceremony to British Airways of its first
Concorde occurred on 15 January 1976 at Heathrow Airport.