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On this day in 1945, Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci
were executed by Italian partisans as they attempted to flee the
country.

Muhammad Ali (center) refused induction into the U.S. Army on this
day in 1967 and was stripped of his boxing title. He cited religious
grounds for his refusal.

A recruiting sergeant talks to Ali at the induction center in Houston. 

A Russian rocket launched from Central Asia with the first space
tourist aboard on this day in 2001. The crew consisted of California businessman Dennis Tito (61) and two cosmonauts. The destination
was the international space station.

Dennis Tito Returns From Space Voyage.

Young Jay Leno High School Photo.

James Douglas Muir Leno is 68 years old today. He was born in New Rochelle, New York.

Stand-up comedian Jay Leno hosted The Tonight Show from 1992 to 2014 and
had gained additional fame for his exquisite car collection (below). He was
inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 2014.

Carol Creighton Burnett was born in San Antonio, Texas.

Carol Burnett Hosted The Carol Burnett Show on CBS for a decade after
winning Tony, Emmy, and Golden Globe Awards for her work in various
genres. Her show is called one of the greatest TV shows of all time by
various outlets. Carol Burnett once worked as an usherette and hat-
check girl while living in a boarding house for women pursuing an
careers in acting.

Carol Burnett as the hopeless klutz Agnes Grep in “Cavender Is
Coming” Season Three, Episode 101 of “The Twilight Zone”, 
Original Air Date: May 25, 1962.

Alfredo James Pacino was born New York City, New York.

Al Pacino had his breakthrough as mobster Michael Corleone in
the Godfather trilogy and won an Academy Award for Best Actor
for his role as Frank Slade in the 1992 film Scent of a Woman and
is also known for his starring roles He is also known for starring 
in Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Heat (1995), Scarface (1983) and 
Serpico (1973). 

He developed a love for acting at an early age and participated in
the majority of his school’s productions. As a teenager, he went
by the nickname Sunny and developed a reputation as a
troublemaker at school. 

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Al Pacino in The Godfather ll (1974)

SANDY KOZEL

It was on this day in 1980.

Irish nationalist launched the Easter Rebellion against British
occupation forces on this day in 1916. They were overtaken
several days later.

During World War I on this day in 1915, the Ottoman Turkish Empire began the mass deportation of Armenians.

A group of men excavates the remains of victims of the Armenian genocide.

Mark Rudd (center) a leader of the student protest at Columbia
University in New York,

On this day in 1968, student militants occupied Hamilton Hall, the main
classroom building, and took a dean hostage for 24 hours. They stormed
into the office of the university’s president, ransacked files and smoked
his cigars. Over the next few days, hundreds of students would seize a
total of five campus buildings.

The protests were part of a year of global tumult that included Vietnam’s
Tet Offensive, the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F.
Kennedy and mass demonstrations at the Democratic National Convention
in Chicago.

Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand is 50 years young today.

Singing icon Barbara Streisand has sold over 245 million records
and won 10 Grammy Awards, including an Album of the Year Award
for The Barbra Streisand Album in 1963. She has also had success
as an actress, receiving an Academy Award for Best Actress for her
role in the 1968 musical film Funny Girl.

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On this day in 1970, an oxygen tank exploded on Apollo 13, which
prevented the planned moon landing.

Apollo 13 Service Module after the Explosion. The damage
is on the left-hand side.

Pope St. John Paul II embraces Elio Toaff, then the chief rabbi of
Rome. It the Pope’s first visit to a Synagogue on this day in 1986.

Sidney Poitier became the first black to win an Oscar for best actor
on this day in 1964. It was for his role in the film"Lilies of the Field”.

Tiger Woods became the youngest person to win the Masters Tournament at the age of 21 on this day in 1997. He also set a
record when he finished at 18 under par.

Tiger woods (Eldrick Tont Woods) turned 42 December 30.