Verne Troyer (January 1, 1969 – April 21, 2018) Was born in Sturgis, Michigan.
(CNN) — Verne Troyer, who played Mini-Me in two of the Austin Powers comedy films, has died at the age of 49. According to statements posted to his social media accounts Saturday, no cause of death was immediately released. Various reports stated,Troyer was hospitalized earlier this month after emergency responders in Los Angeles were dispatched to his home.
Mike Myers (right) and Verne Troyer starring in Austin Powers, 1997.
The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, OK, was destroyed by a bomb on this day in 1995. It was the worst bombing on U.S. territory. 168 people were killed including 19 children, and 500 were injured. Timothy McVeigh (below) was found guilty of the bombing on June 2, 1997.
The American Revolution began on this day in 1775 as fighting broke out at Lexington, MA.
The Branch-Davidian’s compound in Waco, TX, burned to the ground on this day in 1993. It was the end of a 51-day standoff between the cult and U.S. federal agents. A total of 86 people were killed including 17 children. Nine of the Branch Davidians escaped the fire.
Cult leader David Koresh.
Actress Grace Kelly became Princess Grace of Monaco when she married Prince Rainier III of Monaco on this day in 1956.
The musical debuted on Broadway on this day in 2001.
Ernest Taylor Pyle(August 3, 1900 – April 18, 1945)
Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent Ernie Pyle was killed by Japanese machine-gun fire on the island of Ie Shima off the coast of Okinawa. Extremely popular, especially with the average GI, whose life and death he reported on (American infantrymen braved enemy fire to recover Pyle’s body), Pyle had been at the London Blitz of 1941 and saw action in North Africa, Italy, France, and the Pacific.
A monument exists to him to this day on Ie Shima, describing him simply as “a buddy.” Burgess Meredith portrayed him in the 1945 film The Story of GI Joe.
Indiana University celebrated The Media School with a formal inauguration of the new school and dedication of the above sculpture of World War II correspondent Ernie Pyle in 2014.
In Blacksburg, VA, on this day in 2007, a student killed 33 people at Virginia Tech before killing himself.
The 23-year-old student gunman Seung-Hui Cho.
In Texas City, TX. on this day in 1947, the French ship Grandcamp, carrying ammonium nitrate fertilizer, caught fire and blew up, leaving 576 people dead.
On this day in 1917, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin returned to Russia to start Bolshevik Revolution after years of exile.
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (April 16, 1889 – December 25, 1977)
Comedic silent film icon Charlie Chaplin gained world fame for portraying his character, The Tramp (1915) and starred in The Great Dictator (1940) and Modern Times. He had acareer that lasted over 75 years, and became one of the most important people in film history.
On this day in 1996, Britain’s Prince Andrew and his wife, Sarah, the Duchess of York, announced that they were in the process of getting a divorce.
The Rolling Stones released their debut album on this day in 1964.
Michael Jordan played his last NBA game on this day in 2003.
Michael Jordan, who was on the bench and unlikely to enter the game, was re-inserted into the line-up by Washington Wizards coach Doug Collins with 2:35 left in the fourth quarter after the crowd of 20,000+ chanted Michael’s name.
Lee Ermey when he was an actual Drill Instructor Circa 1966.
Ronald Lee Ermey(March 24, 1944 – April 15, 2018)
(Fox News) – R. Lee Ermey, a former Marine Corps drill instructor known to millions of moviegoers as the sadistic Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Stanley Kubrick’s "Full Metal Jacket” (1987) died Sunday morning.
In a statement posted on Twitter,his longtime manager Bill Rogin said Ermey had died due to complications from pneumonia.
