MIKE GRACIA

On this day in 1997, Dexter King (left), son of Martin Luther King
Jr., met with his father’s convicted assassin James Earl Ray in
prison.

Milton Berle  (Mendel Berlinger) (July 12, 1908 – March 27, 2002)

Quentin Jerome Tarantino is 54 years old today. He
was born in Knoxville, TN.

Tarantino dropped out of Narbonne High School his freshman
year to go to acting school in Toluca Lake.

CARLATA BRADLEY

From left:  Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, U.S. President Jimmy
Carter, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin.

On this day in 1997.

Heaven’s Gate leader Marshall Applewhite.

Barbra Streisand and Sydney Chaplin starred
in the Original Broadway Production from
March 26, 1964 to July 1, 1967.

Diana Ross (Diane Ernestine Earle Ross) is 73 today. 

Diana Ross and her family lived near Smokey Robinson in Detroit when she
was eight. She originally dreamed of being a fashion designer.

Surfin’ U.S.A. is the second studio album by The Beach Boys. It reached
number two, lasting 78 weeks on the albums chart, eventually being
certified gold by the RIAA. The album marks the beginning of the practice
to double track vocals, resulting in a fuller sound.

MIKE GRACIA

On this day in 1911, the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. 

Former President George H.W. Bush skydiving to celebrate his
72nd birthday on this day in 1997.

State troopers block the steps of the Alabama state capitol at Montgomery, Ala. from civil rights marchers at the end of their
five-day march from Selma, Alabama on this day in 1965.

Martin Luther King Jr. speaks to the crowd of marchers at the
state capital in Alabama.

Aerial photo shows crowd of thousands assembled in front of the 
Capitol.

Aretha Louise Franklin is 75 today.

Aretha Franklin started singing at her father’s church after her
mother’s death and launched her solo career when she was
eighteen.

SANDY KOZEL

Members of the environmental group Greenpeace display banner.

Debut album released on this day in 1963

Andrew Lloyd Webber (Baron Lloyd-Webber) is 69 today.

Webber was knighted in 1992 and honored with a peerage
by Queen Elizabeth II as recognition for his contributions to
Music.