Charles Linwood "Buck" Williams was born
in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

On June 24, 1989, the Nets traded Buck Williams to
the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Sam Bowie
and a draft pick. During his stay with the Blazers, Buck
became an assistant coach. He spent seven seasons
with the Trail Blazers where he remains the franchise
leader in field goal percentage (55.0%). He then went
to the New York Knicks in 1996 and announced his
retirement from the NBA in 1999.

SANDY KOZEL

Marines arrive at Da Nang, 1965.

Joseph Paul "Joe" DiMaggio (November 25, 1914 – March 8, 1999)

 George “the Animal” Steele (William James "Jim" Myers)
(April 16, 1937 – February 16, 2017) 

(FoxNews) – Professional wrestler George "The Animal" Steele has died.  He
had major surgery in December 2015 and had been dealing with many health
issues ever since.

The WWE Hall of Famer continued to make wrestling appearances through the
2000s.

"The Animal" received a master’s degree from Central Michigan University and
was a high school teacher and wrestling coach in Michigan.

While he was teaching, he began to book gigs in the pro-wrestling world. His first
WWE appearance was in 1967 when he began his rivalry against WWE champ
Bruno Sammartino.

BRIAN THOMAS

Michael Jeffrey Jordan is 55 years old today.

MIKE GRACIA

The first 911 emergency telephone system was inaugurated in Haleyville, AL
when a test call was placed by Alabama Speaker of the House Rankin Fite,
from  the Haleyville, Alabama, City Hall, to U.S. Rep. Tom Bevill, at the city’s
police station located in the same building.