Film director, producer, and screenwriter Quentin Tarantino first received acclaim for his 1990s crime films Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction andJackie Brown.He dropped out of High School his freshman year to go to acting school.
On this day in 1968, U.S. troops in Vietnam destroyed a village consisting mostly of women and children. The event is known as the My-Lai massacre.
William Laws Calley Jr. will be 75 in June.
Terry Anderson, an Associated Press newsman, was taken hostage in Beirut on this day in 1985. He was released on December 4,1991.
Physicist Robert H. Goddard launched the first liquid-fuel rocket on this day in 1926. Goddard is known as the father of modern rocketry.
Robert Hutchings Goddard (October 5, 1882 – August 10, 1945)
Jerry Lewis (Joseph Levitch) (March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017)
Comedian, actor, and muscular dystrophy telethon host Jerry Lewis formed one of history’s greatest comedy teams with Dean Martin. He receivedLifetime Achievement Awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, The American Comedy Awards, and the Venice Film Festival.
The Tet Offensive began on this day in 1968, as Communist forces launched surprise attacks against South Vietnamese provincial capitals.
Adolf Hitler was named the German Chancellor on this day in 1933 by President Paul von Hindenburg (right).
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945)
Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. A Democrat, he won a record four presidential elections and emerged as a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century. Roosevelt directed the United States federal government during most of the Great Depression, implementing his New Deal domestic agenda in response to the worst economic crisis in U.S. history.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948)
Indian political and spiritual leader and activist Mahatma Gandhi was murdered by a Hindu extremist on this day in 1948.
In Northern Ireland on this day in 1972, British soldiers shot and killed thirteen Roman Catholic civil rights marchers. The day is known as "Bloody Sunday."
Earle Graser portrayed “The Lone Ranger” in the 1930s.
"The Lone Ranger" was heard on radio for the first time on this day in 1933. The program ran for 2,956 episodes and ended in 1955.
Announcer Fred Foy (far right) during a broadcast of THE LONE RANGER at WXYZ, Detroit. At left are. John Todd (Tonto) and Brace Beemer (the Lone Ranger).
