CARLATA BRADLEY
On this day in 1962, the Soviet Union exchanged captured American U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers (seated) for the Soviet KGB spy Rudolph Ivanovich Abel (right) being held by the U.S.
Francis Gary Powers and a U2 recon aircraft .
The Glienicke bridge just after the Powers swap.
TIM MAGUIRE
On February 7, 1964, Pan Am Yankee Clipper flight 101 from London
Heathrow landed at New York’s Kennedy Airport—and “Beatlemania”
arrives. It was the first visit to the United States by the Beatles, a
British rock-and-roll quartet that had just scored its first No. 1 U.S.
hit six days before with “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” At Kennedy,
the “Fab Four”—dressed in mod suits and sporting their trademark
pudding bowl haircuts—were greeted by 3,000 screaming fans who
caused a near riot when the boys stepped off their plane and onto
American soil.
Country/Pop singer Troyal Garth Brooks is 58 years old today.
Crash site as it looks today is located west of intersection of 315th
Street and Gull Avenue., Clear Lake, IA.
This 1947 Beechcraft Model 35 Bonanza is the same type aircraft in which Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper were killed.
Dolly Rebecca Parton
Country singer Dolly Parton released twenty-six #1 Billboard hits,
including "Jolene," "Coat of Many Colors," and "9 to 5." She grew
up alongside eleven brothers and sisters in a one-room cabin in
Appalachia, Tennessee and learned to sing at church. Dolly Parton
received the nickname The Queen of Country Music after releasing
more #1 hits than any other country singer in U.S. history.
In 2018, Dolly Parton added two more honors to her already-
illustrious, decades-long career as she was recognized by
Guinness World Records.
SANDY KOZEL
Singer Sir Roderick David Stewart is 75 years old today.
British rock singer and songwriter Rod Stewart was born and raised in
London, he is of Scottish and English ancestry. Stewart is one of the
best-selling music artists of all time, having sold over 120 million
records worldwide. He has had nine number-one albums in the UK
Albums Chart and his tally of 62 UK hit singles includes 31 that reached
the top ten, six of which gained the #1 position Stewart has had 16 top
ten singles in the US, with four reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. He
was knighted in the 2016 Birthday Honors for services to music and
charity.
