Charlton Heston
Ben-Hur premiered at Loew’s State Theatre in New York City. The epic film
went on to win a record of eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, a
record equaled only by Titanic in 1997 and The Lord of the Rings: The Return
of the King in 2003.
Stanley greeting Livingstone…"Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
Henry Stanley
David Livingstone
Sir Henry Morton Stanley was a Welsh journalist and explorer famous for his
exploration of Africa. He is also famous for being sent by the New York Herald
newspaper to find David Livingstone, a Scottish medical missionary with the
London Missionary Society and explorer who had completely lost contact with
the outside world for six years and was ill with malaria. Stanley found Dr.
Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika in present-day Tanzania. Livingstone
remained ill for most of the last four years of his life. He died May 1, 1873
at the age of 60.
1947
Rev. Graham with President Kennedy
Former President George W. Bush, left, greets evangelist Billy Graham
as Laura Bush looks on
President Obama and Billy Graham
Evangelical Christian evangelist William Franklin "Billy" Graham, Jr. is 93 years
old today. He is number seven on Gallup’s list of admired people for the 20th
century. According to his staff at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association,
Graham has preached the Gospel to more people than any other person in
history and more than 3.2 million people have responded to the invitation at
Billy Graham Crusades and became Christians. As of April 25, 2010, when
he met with Barack Obama, Billy Graham has spent personal time with twelve
U.S. Presidents dating back to Harry S. Truman.
Dale Evans (October 31, 1912 – February 7, 2001)
Dale was born Frances Octavia Smith in Uvalde, Texas. She was a
movie star, singer-songwriter and an author. She was the third wife
of singing cowboy Roy Rogers.
“Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season)", often abbreviated to "Turn!
Turn! Turn!", is a adapted entirely from the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible. It
reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on December 4 and remained on top until
the 18th of December.
