Kirk Douglas (Issur Danielovitch) is 102 years old today.
Legendary movie actor Kirk Douglas starred in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea(1954), Paths of Glory (1957), Gunfight at the O.K Corral (1957), and Spartacus (1960). Kirk Douglas became a legend on the silver screen, receiving the Academy Honorary Award in 1996. He was a successful competitive wrestler while in college and served in the U.S. Navy.
Pope John XXIII (Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli) (November 25, 1881 – June 3, 1963)
The Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated the British throne, married Wallis Warfield Simpson on this day in 1937. The Duke died on May 28, 1972 at age 77.
Irwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997)
Dancer and entertainer Josephine Baker was known as "Black Pearl" and "Creole Goddess" and widely recognized by her Danse banana costume. She was activist in the Civil Rights Movement, and adopted a "Rainbow Tribe" of orphans from various races.
In Johnstown, PA. on this day in 1889, more than 2,200 people died after the South Fork Dam collapsed.
Adolf Eichmann was hanged in Israel on this day in 1962. He was a Gestapo official and was executed for his actions in Nazi Germany’s Holocaust.
In North Carolina on this day in 2003, Eric Robert Rudolph was captured. He had been on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list for five years for several bombings including the 1996 Olympic bombing.
Eric Robert Rudolph will be 52 years old on September 19.
Walter "Walt" Whitman(May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892)
American poet Walt Whitman is best known for his collections Leaves of Grass and Drum-Taps. His 1865 poem "O Captain! My Captain!" was written on the occasion of the death of Abraham Lincoln. Whitman dropped out of school at the age of eleven and, to support his family, working as a law office assistant and a newspaper apprentice.
Clinton Eastwood Jr. is 88 years old today.
Clint Eastwood gained fame as an iconic actor in such classic Western films as A Fistful of Dollars (1967) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1967) and as Detective Harry Callahan in the Dirty Harry franchise beginning in 1971. He later became a renowned director, receiving the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for his films Unforgiven(1991) and Million Dollar Baby (2004). He also directed the critically acclaimed films Mystic River (2003), Gran Torino (2009) and American Sniper (2014).
Clint Eastwood became a household name after playing Rowdy Yates on the long-running CBS Western series Rawhide.
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the age of 39 on this day in 1968.
Ray was the accused assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King, JR.
William Henry Harrison Sr. (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841)
William Harrison was the ninth president of the United States (1841). He was the last president born before the American Revolution, and died of pneumonia just 31 days into his term, thereby serving the shortest tenure in United States presidential history. He was the first president to die in office.
On this day in 1974, Hank Aaron tied Babe Ruth’s major league baseball home-run record with 714.
African-American poet and author Maya Angelou is known for her 1969 autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, as well as for her poem "On the Pulse of Morning." She was mute for five years as the result of trauma and, during this period,developed her lifelong love of literature.
Indira Gandhi was elected prime minister of India on this day in 1966.
It was on this day in 2001, upon leaving office, Bill Clinton admitted to hisfalse statements concerning his affair with Ms. Lewinsky.
Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean is 72 years young today.
Dolly Parton is the most honored female country performer of all time. Achieving 25 Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified Gold, Platinum, and Multi-Platinum awards, she has had 25 songs reach No. 1 on the Billboard country music charts, a record for a female artist (tied with Reba McEntire). She has 41 career top 10 country albums, a record for any artist, and she has 110 career charted singles over the past 40 years.
