CAMILLE BOHANNON

Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend is 71 years old today.

Townshend had plans to become a graphic artist before his music career
took off. His grandmother bought him his first guitar in 1956. After having
a spiritual awakening and becoming a disciple of Indian spiritual master
Meher Baba, Pete Townshend was one of very few rock stars who was
strongly opposed the use of psychedelic drugs.

ROSS SIMPSON

President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1960.

The Civil Rights Act of 1960 was a U.S. federal law that established federal
inspection of local voter registration polls and introduced penalties for
anyone who obstructed someone’s attempt to register to vote. It was
designed to deal with discriminatory laws and practices in the segregated
South.

ROSS SIMPSON

Elvis Presley and Priscilla’s private wedding ceremony on
May 1, 1967 in Las Vegas.

SANDY KOZEL

Jerome Allen "Jerry" Seinfeld is 62 today.

In the 1990s Seinfeld had to rent a hangar at Santa Monica Airport to
store his vehicle collection, which included forty-six Porsches.