On January 16, 1942, the actress Carole Lombard, famous for her
roles in such screwball comedies as My Man Godfrey and To Be
or Not to Be, and for her marriage to the actor Clark Gable, was
killed when the TWA DC-3 plane she is traveling in crashed en - 
route from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. She was only 33.

Doug Scroggins of Las Vegas spent years documenting the crash
site on Mount Potosi which is 35 miles southwest of Las Vegas.

Scroggins said "Flight 3 crashed near the 8,300-foot level of Mount Potosi with flaps retracted, and the plane in level flight. Something happened inside that cockpit and happened so fast that the pilot
could not react.”

Clark Gable and Carole Lombard.

1939

A TWA DC-3, similar to the accident aircraft.

1948 EVERSHARP PEN AD.

Eversharp is an American brand of writing implements founded
by Charles Rood Keeran (below) in 1913 and marketed by Keeran 
& Co., based in Chicago.  

The company continued until 1957 when it was acquired by
Parker Pen, which continued to use the Eversharp brand for
a time.

Charles Rood Keeran (1883 – 1948)

The 1948 film with Humphrey Bogart shown in the above ad.

On January 15, 1972, “American Pie,”, an epic poem in musical
form that has long been etched in popular consciousness, hit
#1 on the Billboard charts.

The story of Don McLean’s magnum opus begins almost 13
years before its release, on a date with significance well-known
to any American who was alive and conscious at the time.

Donald McLean III will be 80 years old in October.

(FOX NEWS) – Palisades Charter High School has been
engulfed in flames due to the wildfires raging in the
Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles.

The burning property, a popular location for Hollywood
productions, has been severely damaged by the "Carrie”
(1976) and “Freaky Friday” (2003). The MTV series “Teen
Wolf” was also filmed there. 

The Los Angeles Unified School District announced
"Palisades Charter High School, an independent charter
high school, is not currently in session. Therefore, no
actions specific to students or staff are warranted at this
time."

1976

The school sports field location where Miss Collins works
out with the girls for their detention punishment/Palisades
High School. 

2003

SANDY KOZEL

Elvis Presley at 2 years old with his
parents in the year 1937.