SANDY KOZEL

1945

                 The National Socialist German Workers’ Party commonly 
                 referred to in English as the Nazi Party was founded on 
                 this day in 1920 by Anton Drexler (above).

Buddy Holly is a studio album by Buddy Holly. It was recorded April 8,
1957 to January 26, 1958 in Clovis, New Mexico and New York City. It
was released by Coral Records. The album collects Holly’s four hit
singles released on the Coral label; "Words of Love", "Peggy Sue",
"I’m Gonna Love You Too", and "Rave On!". The backing group was
Buddy Holly’s current band, the Crickets. This was Buddy’s first official
solo album.

BRIAN THOMAS

In 1942, U.S. President Roosevelt signed an executive order giving
the military the authority to relocate and intern Japanese-Americans.

During World War II, about 30,000 U.S. Marines landed on Iwo
Jima in 1945.

William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. is 77 years old today.

Smokey Robinson was a big fan of Westerns and thought his uncle’s nickname
Smokey Joe was a cowboy moniker. He was inspired to play by artists like Billy
Ward and His Dominoes.

Billboard magazine wrote that the song “What’d I Say’’ was "the strongest pop
record that the artist has done to date". Within weeks it topped out at number
one on Billboard’s R&B singles chart, number six on the Billboard Hot 100, and
it became Charles’ first gold record. It also became Atlantic Records’ best-
selling song at the time.

BRIAN THOMAS

Michael Jeffrey Jordan is 55 years old today.