CAMILLE BOHANNON

On this day in 1963

Medgar Wiley Evers (July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963)

It was on this day in 1978.

In 1987, David Berkowitz claimed to have become an evangelical 
Christian while in prison. According to his personal testimony,
his conversion occurred after reading Psalm 34:6 in a fellow
inmates Bible.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was dedicated in Cooperstown, New York.

SANDY KOZEL

The Dionne quintuplets were born on this day in 1934 near
Callender, Ontario, to Olivia and Elzire Dionne. The babies
were the first quintuplets to survive infancy.

The Dionne Quints, grown up at 18 in 1952.

The remaining Dionne Quintuplets of Canada.   

Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964)

Ian Fleming was an English author, journalist and naval intelligence officer
who is best known for his James Bond series of spy novels.

Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew
Patrick David) (June 23, 1894 – May 28, 1972) 

National League club owners voted on this day in 1957 to allow the Brooklyn
Dodgers to move to Los Angeles and that the New York Giants could move
to San Francisco.
 

SANDY KOZELL

It was on this day in 1927.

On this day in 1924, fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks was murdered in a 
"thrill killing" committed by Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb. The
killers were students at the University of Chicago.

Nathan Leopold (left) and his partner Richard Loeb. (right) confessed
that they had kidnapped and murdered Bobby Franks solely for the
thrill of the experience.

Founded on this day in 1881.

CAMILLE BOHANNON

       It was on this day in 1932.

Burt Freeman Bacharach is celebrating birthday 89 today.

Burt Bacharach has composed hundreds of popular hit songs from
the late 1950s through the 1980s, many with lyrics written by Hal
David. A six-time Grammy Award winner and three-time Academy
Award winner, Bacharach’s songs have been recorded by more
than 1,000 different artists. As of 2014, he had written 73 US and
52 UK Top 40 hits. He is considered one of the most important
composers of 20th-century popular music.

MIKE GRACIA

It was on this day in 1945.

Jessica Dawn Lynch will be 34 on April 26.

It was on this day in 1984.

Marvin Gaye (Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.)  (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984)