SANDY KOZEL

Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his last speech just 24 hours
before he was assassinated.

It was on this day in 1936 when Bruno Richard Hauptmann was
executed. 

Aviator Charles Lindbergh’s 20-month-old son, Charles Lindbergh, Jr.

On this day in 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed the European Recovery Program, better known as the Marshall Plan, into law.

Marlon Brando (1940) military school photo.

Marlon Brando, Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004)

Shirley Mae Jones was born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania.

Musical actress Shirley Jones starred as the mom of The Partridge Family on
ABC-TV from  September 25, 1970 – March 23, 1974. She won the Miss
Pittsburgh contest in 1952.

ROSS SIMPSON

On this day in 1981.

Signing the Alaska purchase on this day in 1867. Seward is seated
at center.

On this day in 1986.

1942

Eric Patrick Clapton is 72 years old today.

Clapton got the nickname Slowhand because he played the guitar with such
ferocity that his strings would break and as he replaced them onstage, the
audience would slowly clap their hands.

Eric Clapton ranked second in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the "100
Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibson’s "Top 50 Guitarists
of All Time". He was also named number five in Time magazine’s list of
"The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players" in 2009.

MIKE GRACIA

On this day in 1997, Dexter King (left), son of Martin Luther King
Jr., met with his father’s convicted assassin James Earl Ray in
prison.

Milton Berle  (Mendel Berlinger) (July 12, 1908 – March 27, 2002)

Quentin Jerome Tarantino is 54 years old today. He
was born in Knoxville, TN.

Tarantino dropped out of Narbonne High School his freshman
year to go to acting school in Toluca Lake.

SANDY KOZEL

Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799)

President Reagan delivering the ‘’Star Wars’’ speech initiating
SDI (The Strategic Defense Initiative).

Director James Cameron holds three of the Oscars
his film Titanic won during the 70th Academy Awards
presentation on this day in 1998.