Tim Maguire

Sandy Kozel

James Arthur "Jim" Lovell, Jr.

The former NASA astronaut and retired captain in the U.S. Navy is 
most famous as the commander of the Apollo 13 mission, which
suffered a critical failure en route to the Moon in 1970. The crew
was brought back safely to Earth by the combined efforts of all
those involved.

Lovell is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor
and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Sandy Kozel

Sir Michael Caine (Maurice Joseph Micklewhite) is 82 today.

Michael Caine served in the Korean War for the British Army. He
was knighted in 2000.

Carlota Bradley

Sir Sidney Poitier is 88 years old today.

Poitier spent time working as a dishwasher while his friends
assisted him in learning how to read the newspaper and speak
without a Bahamian accent.

He became the first African American to win an Oscar after his
performance in Lilies of the Field (1963). The American Film
Institute called him one of the 25 Greatest Male Stars of All
Time in 1999.

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