Thomas (Tim) Daniel Conway was born in Willoughby, Ohio.

Comedian Tim Conway is most known for starring on CBS’s The Carol
Burnett Show (1967-1978) and for his role as Ensign Charles Parker on
the ABC sitcom McHale’s Navy (1962-1966). He also provided the voice
for Barnacle Boy on the Nickelodeon animated TV series SpongeBob SquarePants (1999-present). Tim took a job answering mail at a local Cleveland radio station after graduating college.

From left: Tim Conway, Harvey Korman, Carol Burnett, Lyle
Waggoner and Vicki Lawrence. The cast of The Carol Burnett
Show.

SANDY KOZEL

U.S. forces captured ousted dictator Saddam Hussein on this
day in 2003.

Authorities in Poland imposed martial law on this day in 1981 in an 
attempt to crackdown on the Solidarity labor movement. Martial law 
ended formally in 1983.

In America on this day in 1862, an estimated 11,000 Northern
troops were killed or wounded when Union forces were defeated
by the Confederates under the command of General Robert E.
Lee, at the Battle of  Fredericksburg.

The Korean war campaign for the Chosin Reservoir began on
this day in 1950.

Richard Wayne Van Dyke is 92 years old today.

Van Dyke of The Dick Van Dyke Show on CBS from 1961 – 1966
and Diagnosis: Murder on CBS from 1993 – 2001. He won a SAG
Life Achievement Award in 2012 and a Disney Legend Award in
1998. He starred in the 1964 classic Mary Poppins and was also
cast in the film’s sequel, Mary Poppins Returns, which is slated
for a 2018 release.

During the late 1940s, Van Dyke was a radio DJ in Danville, IL.
and served as a radio announcer in the United States Army Air
Corps during World War II and later transferred to the Special
Services as an entertainer. 

Robert William Barker was born in Darrington, Washington.

Former host of  CBS’s Truth or Consequences (1956 to 1974) and The Price
Is Right from 1972 to 2007, making it the longest-running daytime game show
in North American television history. Barker has had some health problems
including prostate surgery and several mild bouts with skin cancer.

CAMILLE BOHANNON

On this day in 1992, Britain’s Prince Charles and Princess Diana announced they are separating.

Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem, "The Charge of the Light Brigade,"
was published in England on this day in 1854.

Solidarity Union leader Lech Walesa won Poland’s first direct
presidential election in the country’s history on this day in 1990.

Lech Wałęsa turned 74 in September.

Kirk Douglas in Spartacus 1960.

Kirk Douglas (Issur Danielovitch) is 101 years old today.

Actor, producer, director, and author Kirk Douglas is one of the
last living people of the film industry’s Golden Age. During his
career he appeared in more than 90 movies. He has received
three Academy Award nominations, an Oscar for Lifetime
Achievement, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. As an
author, he has written ten novels and memoirs. Currently, he
is No. 17 on the American Film Institute‘s list of the greatest
male screen legends of classic Hollywood cinema.

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CAMILLE BOHANNON

The United States entered World War II on this day in 1941 when
it declared war against Japan. The act came one day after the
Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Britain and Canada also declared
war on Japan.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Declaration
of War against Japan.

In New York City on this day in 1980, Mark David Chapman shot
John Lennon to death. Lennon had autographed an album for
Chapman earlier in the day .

John Lennon (left) signs Mark Chapman’s copy of ‘Double Fantasy’ outside the Dakota Building.

“Double Fantasy” album by John Lennon.

Mark David Chapman turned 62 May 10.