SANDY KOZEL

Meet the Beatles! was the first US Beatles album to be issued by
Capitol Records in both mono and stereo formats. It topped the
popular album chart on 15 February 1964 and remained at the
number one spot for eleven weeks before being replaced by The
Beatles’ Second Album.

Sir Roderick (Rod) David Stewart is 73 years old today.

Rod Stewart released over 60 hit singles and, in 2008, was named the 17th
most successful artist on the The Billboard Hot 100 Top All-Time Artists.

In 2006, he won a Grammy Award for the best Best Traditional Pop Vocal
Album for Stardust…The Great American Songbook Volume III. He has a
star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame which was received in 2007.

   
    
    
    
    
    
    
 
ED  DONAHUE

It was on this day in 1964.

Assassination of  President John F. Kennedy on  November 22, 1963.

On this day in 1954, The"Tonight!" show made its debut on NBC-TV
with Steve Allen (below) as host.

CAMILLE BOHANNON

 
On this day in 1973, President Nixon told an Associated Press
managing editors meeting in Orlando, FL, "people have got to
know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a
crook."

On this day in 1558, Elizabeth I ascended the English throne upon
the death of Queen Mary Tudor.

The Suez Canal opened in Egypt, linking the Mediterranean and the
Red seas on this day in 1869.

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The Suez Canal today.

The U.S. Congress held its first session in Washington, DC, in
the partially completed Capitol building on this day in 1800.

THE THINKER

French Sculptor Auguste Rodin
(François Auguste René Rodin)
(November 12, 1840 – November 17, 1917)

THE KISS

Martin Charles Scorsese is 75 years old today.

Acclaimed director Martin Scorsese’s films frequently feature gangsters
and focus on the world of crime. His iconic films include Taxi Driver (1976)
Raging Bull (1980) and Goodfellas (1990). In 2006, he won his first Academy
Award for Best Director for his film The Departed after previously being
nominated five times.

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President Lyndon B. Johnson (below) signed a bill creating the Department of   
Transportation on this day in 1966. The Department’s first official work day
was April 1, 1967.

The DOT bill being signed by President Johnson.
     

On this day in 1998, President Clinton admitted to having an
improper relationship with Monica Lewinsky, a White House
intern.

The Klondike gold rush was set off by George Carmack (below) who
discovered gold on Rabbit Creek in Alaska.

George Washington Carmack,
from California.

Robert Fulton’s "North River Steam Boat" (known as the "Clermont") began heading up New York’s Hudson River on its successful round-
trip to Albany on this day in 1807.

Robert Fulton 
(11-14-1765 – 2-24-1815

It happened on this day in 1987.

Rudolf Walter Richard Hess 
(April 26, 1894 – August 17, 1987) 

Robert Anthony De Niro is 74 years old today.

Legendary actor Robert De Niro won an Academy Award for Best Actor for
his role as Jake LaMotta in the 1980 boxing film Raging Bull and an Academy
Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Vito Corleone in the 1974
classic The Godfather Part II.

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