SANDY KOZEL

On this day in 1972

 
                On this day in 1911.

SANDY KOZEL

Lewis and Clark departing St. Louis, Missouri.

On this day in 1804 the “Corps of Discovery”–featuring approximately
45 men (although only an approximate 33 men would make the full
journey)–left St. Louis for the American interior.

Skylab, America’s first space station, was successfully launched into
an orbit around the earth on this day in 1973. Eleven days later, U.S.
astronauts Charles Conrad, Joseph Kerwin, and Paul Weitz made a
rendezvous with Skylab, repairing a jammed solar panel and also
conducting scientific experiments during their 28-day stay aboard
the space station.

George Walton Lucas Jr. is 74 years old today.

George Lucas began his collegiate career studying anthropology
at Modesto Junior College, then transferred to the University of
Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. He attempted to join
the U.S. Air Force after graduation but they wouldn’t accept him
because of the number of speeding tickets on his record, so
instead he re-enrolled at USC as a graduate student in film
production.

Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998)

Frank Sinatra was one of the most popular and influential musical
artists of the 20th century and one of the best-selling music artists
of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide.

ROSS SIMPSON

It was on this day in 1981.

On this day in 1607.

The Battle of Churubusco on this day in 1846.

Stevie Wonder (Stevland Hardaway Judkins) is 67 years old today.

Stevie Wonder signed with Motown Records when he was eleven years old
and released the hit song "Fingertips (Pt. 2)" when he was thirteen. His 
album, “Songs in the Key of Life”, was ranked 56 on Rolling Stone magazine’s
list of the top 500 albums of all time.

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.

The song "I Get Around" was written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for
the rock band the Beach Boys and was released as a single in May 1964
with "Don’t Worry Baby" as its B-side. It became the group’s first number- 
one charting song in the United States. In 2016, the song was inducted
into the Grammy Hall of Fame.