CAMILLE BOHANNON

Kirk Douglas from Spartacus in1960.

Kirk Douglas (Issur Danielovitch) is 100 today!

Kirk Douglas was a successful competitive wrestler in
college. His first major film was 1947’s Out of the Past.

Beggars Banquet is the seventh British and ninth American studio album by The
Rolling Stones. It was released by Decca Records in the United Kingdom and
London Records in the U.S. The album was a return to roots rock for the band
following the psychedelic pop of their 1967 album. It was the last Rolling Stones
album to be released during Brian Jones‘ lifetime.

Beggars Banquet received a highly favorable response from music critics, who considered it a return to form for the Stones. It was also a commercial success,
reaching number 3 in the UK and number 5 in the US (on the way to eventual
platinum status).

CARLATA BRADLEY

Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman) is 84 years old today.

Little Richard infused gospel tones with blues music during his performances
as a teenager. He performed for the first time onstage when he was fourteen
and released his first single "Tutti Frutti" in 1955.

Richard has stated that,”I’m still singing. I don’t perform like I used to, but I
have my singing voice, I walk around, I had hip surgery a while ago but I’m
healthy.”

The salvation Army is a charitable organization founded in 1865 in London by
one-time Methodist circuit–preacher William Booth. Originally known as the East
London Christian Mission, in 1878 Booth reorganized the mission, becoming its
first General and introducing the military structure which has been retained to
the present day. The current world leader of The Salvation Army is General
André Cox, who was elected by the High Council of The Salvation Army on
August 3, 2013.

William Booth (10 April 1829 – 20 August 1912)

André Cox, General of The Salvation Army.

ED DANAHUE

Woody Allen (Allan Stewart Konigsberg) is 81 years old today.

Allen performed card and magic tricks in his youth and underwent the legal
process of changing his name to Heywood Allen when he was 17.

He often played up his neurotic personality for laughs in his films, but was
also open about his extensive stint in psychoanalysis.

1985