ROSS SIMPSON
In an attempt to lift the state out of the hard times of the Great Depression,
the Nevada state legislature voted to legalize gambling on this day in 1931.
James Orsen "Jim" Bakker turned 77 in January.
Bob Dylan’s debut album released by Columbia on this day in 1962.
ROSS SIMPSON
In 1987, the Tower Commission rebuked President Reagan for
failing to control his national security staff in the wake of the Iran-
Contra affair.
1993
Johnny Cash (J. R. Cash) (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003)
Antoine "Fats" Domino, Jr. is 89 years old today.
Fats Domino and his family were thought to have perished in
Hurricane Katrina, the 2005 natural disaster that wiped out his
hometown of New Orleans.
TIM MAGUIRE
1965
1972
1995
James Stephen "Steve" Fossett
(April 22, 1944 – September 3, 2007)
Fossett died when his light plane crashed in the Sierra Nevada Mountains,
California.
MIKE GRACIA
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865)
1999
MIKE GRACIA
1998
Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880 – April 5, 1964)
1988
