Bruce Arthur Johnston (Benjamin Baldwin)

Singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer Bruch Johnston is best known as a member of the Beach Boys. In 1965, Johnston
joined the band for live performances, filling in for the group’s co-founder Brian Wilson, who had quit touring in order to spend more
time in the studio. Johnston then became a contributing member
on subsequent albums.

The Beach Boys today from left: Bruch Johnston, Al Jardine, Brian
Wilson, Mike Love and David Marks.

On this day in 1989, Tim Burton’s noir spin on the well-known story
of the DC Comics hero Batman is released in theaters.

Michael Keaton starred in the film as the multimillionaire Bruce Wayne,
who has transformed himself into the crime-fighting Batman after
witnessing his parents’ brutal murder as a child.

Michael Keaton (Michael John Douglas) will be 68
September 5th. 

John Joseph (Jack) Nicholson turned 82 in April. He
is shown above in character as The Joker.

    
   
Kool-Aid is a brand of flavored drink mix owned by Kraft
Foods. The powder form was created by Edwin Perkins in
1927 based upon a liquid concentrate called Fruit Smack.     
    
     
      
     
  Edwin Elijah Perkins        
  (January 8, 1889 – July 3, 1961)

The building in Hastings, Nebraska, where Kool-Aid was invented.

Todays Kool-Aid look.

 
   
Racing legend Richard Petty made the 1,000th start of his National Association for Stock Car Racing (NASCAR)
career, in the Miller American 400 in Brooklyn, Michigan.

He became the first driver in NASCAR history to log 1,000
career starts.

Richard Lee Petty (The King) will turn 82 July 2nd.

An American flag flies on Omaha Beach in Normandy on Thursday,
the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion.