Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998)
Singer, actor, and producer Frank Sinatra was one of the most popular
and influential musical artists of the 20th century. He is one of the best-
selling music artists of all time, selling more than 150 million records
worldwide. Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Italian immigrants, Sinatra
began his musical career in the swing era with bandleaders Harry James
and Tommy Dorsey.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
On this day in 1999.
Pink Floyd’s best – selling album was released on this day in 1979.
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill
(November 30, 1874 – January 24, 1965)
Winston Churchill served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from
1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (pen name Mark Twain)
(November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910)
Clemens was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur,
publisher, and lecturer. Among his novels are The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer(1876) and its sequel, the
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885).
Richard Wagstaff Clark (November 30, 1929 – April 18, 2012)
Dick Clark was a radio and television personality, TV producer who remains best
cultural icon who remains best known for hosting American Bandstand from 1957
to 1987 on ABC. He also hosted the game show Pyramid and Dick Clark’s New
Year’s Rockin’ Eve. Clark was often referred to as "America’s oldest teenager"
or "the world’s oldest teenager”.
TIM MAGUIRE
It was on this day in 1963.
On this day in 2005, President George W. Bush spoke to the nation
from New Orleans, promising the United States government will pay
most of the costs of rebuilding the Gulf Coast ravaged by Hurricane
Katrina. It would be one of the largest reconstruction projects the
world has ever seen.
Bush acknowledged his administration had failed to adequately
respond to Hurricane Katrina, which killed hundreds of people
across five states.
The Nuremberg Laws were enacted by Nazi Germany on this day in
1935. The act stripped all German Jews of their civil rights and the swastika was made the official symbol of Nazi Germany.
On this day in 1950, U.N. forces landed at Inchon, Korea in an
attempt to relieve South Korean forces and recapture Seoul.
British-Hessian troops under the command of General Howe march
through New York as they took over the city during the American
Revolution on this day in 1776.
British troops landing at Kip’s Bay, Manhattan, New York.
William Oliver Stone is 71 years old today.
Oliver Stone is a screenwriter, film producer, and director of motion
pictures and documentaries. Stone won an Academy Award for Best
Adapted Screenplay as writer of Midnight Express(1978). He also
wrote the acclaimed gangster movie Scarface (1983). As a director,
Stone achieved prominence as director/writer of the war drama
Platoon (1986).
2006
1963
MIKE GRACIA
President Nixon and White House chief of staff H.R. Haldeman
discussed a plan to use the CIA to obstruct the FBI’s Watergate investigation.
President Nixon (seated) and H.R. Haldeman.
It was on this day in 1995.
Jonas Edward Salk (October 28, 1914 – June 23, 1995)
SANDY KOZEL
Lewis and Clark departing St. Louis, Missouri.
On this day in 1804 the “Corps of Discovery”–featuring approximately
45 men (although only an approximate 33 men would make the full
journey)–left St. Louis for the American interior.
Skylab, America’s first space station, was successfully launched into
an orbit around the earth on this day in 1973. Eleven days later, U.S.
astronauts Charles Conrad, Joseph Kerwin, and Paul Weitz made a
rendezvous with Skylab, repairing a jammed solar panel and also
conducting scientific experiments during their 28-day stay aboard
the space station.
George Walton Lucas Jr. is 74 years old today.
George Lucas began his collegiate career studying anthropology
at Modesto Junior College, then transferred to the University of
Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. He attempted to join
the U.S. Air Force after graduation but they wouldn’t accept him
because of the number of speeding tickets on his record, so
instead he re-enrolled at USC as a graduate student in film
production.
Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998)
Frank Sinatra was one of the most popular and influential musical
artists of the 20th century and one of the best-selling music artists
of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide.
