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Camille Bohannon

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Hank Williams, Jr. (Randall Hank Williams) is 65 today.
He started singing
when he
was eight years old.

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Ed Danahue

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FIRST CARTOON TO WIN A PULITZER PRIZE

On the Road to Moscow

The cartoon, "On the Road to Moscow," by Rollin Kirby (above) won a Pulitzer
Prize on this day in 1922. It was the first cartoon awarded the Pulitzer, an honor
that Kirby would receive three times.

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Portrait of political cartoonist Rollin Kirby

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Ross Simpson

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FORMER NIXON AIDE HAS DIED AT 79

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      Jeb Stuart Magruder
(November 5, 1934 – May 11, 2014)

Jeb Stuart Magruder, the former Nixon aide who went to prison over his
role in the 1972 Watergate scandal, died Sunday from complications from
a stroke. He was ordained as a Presbyterian minister after serving a seven
month prison term stemming from the Democratic Party headquarters break-
in. 

 

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The Watergate complex in Washington, D.C.

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