Kenneth Ray "Kenny" Rogers is 78 today.

Kenny Rogers attended Jefferson Davis High School in Houston
and joined his first band, The Scholars, in the mid-1950s, but the
band dissolved after their front man left to go solo. He starred as
race car driver Brewster Baker in the 1982 comedy/drama film
Six Pack. Rogers was inducted into the Country Music Hall of
Fame in 2013.

Oregon was admitted to the Union on February 14, 1859. Founded as a refuge
from disputes over slavery, Oregon had a "whites only" clause in its original state Constitution.

Ed Donahue

Kenneth Ray "Kenny" Rogers is celebrating birthday 77 today.

Rogers joined his first band, The Scholars, in the mid-1950s, but the band
dissolved after their front man left to go solo. He is a 2013 inductee into the
Country Music Hall of Fame.

Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the
43rd state. The state’s largest city and capital is Boise.