Vic Damone (June 12, 1928 – February 11, 2018)

(Fox News) – Legendary crooner Vic Damone passed away
on Sunday at the age of 89. He was born Vito Rocco Farinola
in Brooklyn, New York.

Damone entered the talent search on Arthur Godfrey’s Talent
Scouts and won in April 1947. This led to his becoming a regular
on Godfrey’s show. He met Milton Berle at the studio and Berle
got him work at two night clubs. By mid-1947, Damone had
signed a contract with Mercury Records. (WIKIPEDIA)

Charles Milles Manson (Charles Milles Maddox)
(November 12, 1934 – November 19, 2017)

(Fox News)  – Charles Manson, the hippie cult leader who became the hypnotic-
eyed face of evil across America after orchestrating the gruesome murders of
pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six others in Los Angeles during the summer
of 1969, died Sunday after nearly a half-century in prison.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement
Manson died of natural causes at 8:13 p.m. Sunday at Kern County hospital,

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In Britain on this day in 1967, the album "Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band" was released by the Beatles. It was released
June 2 in the U.S.

Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jeane Mortenson)
(June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962)

Icon and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe starred in the classic 1959 comedy
Some Like It Hot and became the most famous woman in the world during
the 1950s.

Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III will turn 78 in November.

The Cable News Network (CNN) is a basic cable and satellite television news
channel owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner. It
was founded by Ted Turner and went on the air on this day in 1980.

August, 1986

Brigham Young  (June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877)

Brigham Young was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and a settler
of the Western United States. He was the second President of The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1847 until his death
in 1877. He founded Salt Lake City and he served as the first governor of
the Utah Territory.

A never-before-seen sketch by Italian master Leonardo da Vinci.
The drawing, above, depicts Saint Sebastian.

(FOXNEWS) – A rare drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, valued at almost $16
million, has been discovered by a French auction house.

Paris-based auction house Tajan announced the discovery of “The Martyred
Saint Sebastian” drawing Monday. This is the first work by da Vinci to be
discovered in over 15 years, according to Tajan, which has valued the
drawing at $15.8 million.

The New York Times reports the sketch is one of 14 unframed drawings
brought into the auction house in March by a retired doctor. The drawings
had been collected by the man’s father.

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519)

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Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jeane Mortenson)
(June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962)

Marilyn Monroe’s last film appearance came in the
1961 drama The Misfits, which was co-written by
her husband at the time, Arthur Miller.