David Ogden Stiers (October 31, 1942 – March 3, 2018)
PORTLAND, Ore. — Actor David Ogden Stiers died Saturday at his home in
Newport, Oregon from complications related to bladder cancer. He is best
remembered for his role on the CBS -TV sitcom series M*A*S*H. The actor
was born in Peoria, Illinois and graduated from North Eugene High School.
MIKE GRACIA
The 22-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh was kidnapped
on this day in 1932. The child was found dead in May.
Bruno Richard Hauptmann was convicted and executed
for the kidnapping and murder of baby Lindbergh.
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was captured by CIA and Pakistani
agents near Islamabad on this day in 2003. He was the suspected
mastermind behind the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001 (below).
On this day in 1981, Bobby Sands (above) who was a member
of the Provisional Irish Republican Army began a hunger strike
while imprisoned at HM Prison Maze after being sentenced for
firearms possession. He eventually died May 5, 1981 at age 27.
The Peace Corps was established on this day in 1961 by President Kennedy (pictured signing the act).
Ronald William Howard is 64 years old today.
Director, producer, and actor Ron Howard first became known as Andy
Griffith‘s son Opie on The Andy Griffith Show on CBS from 1960-1968
and also played teenager Richie Cunningham on Happy Days on ABC
from 1974-1984. His 2001 film A Beautiful Mind received the Academy
Award for Best Picture and earned Howard the Academy Award for
Best Director. He also directed the 1995 film Apollo 13.
GOT MILK AD (1997)
ROSS SIMPSON
The Reichstag, Germany’s parliament building in Berlin, was set
afire on this day in 1933. The Nazis accused Communist for the
fire.
Firemen surveying the ruins following the Reichstag fire.
President George H.W. Bush announced live on television on this
day in 1991, "Kuwait is liberated."
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Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (27 February 1932 – 23 March 2011)
Better known as Liz Taylor, she was a glamorous movie actress who
starred in numerous films during Hollywood’s Golden Age. She was
in 11 films with Richard Burton, including Who’s Afraid of Virginia
Woolf? (1966). She made her motion picture debut at the age of nine
in Universal’s There’s One Born Every Minute (1942).
Fred McFeely Rogers (March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003)
Fred Rogers was a popular television personality, musician, puppeteer,
writer, and producer, as well as a Presbyterian minister. He was famous
for creating, hosting, and composing the theme music for the educational preschool television series Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (1968–2001),
which featured his kind-hearted, grandfatherly personality, and the
directness to his young audiences.
Nanette Fabray (Ruby Bernadette Nanette Fabares)
(October 27, 1920 – February 22, 2018)
(Fox News/ AP) – According to her family, award-winning actress
Nanette Fabray, known for her roles in “The Band Wagon” and
“Caesar’s Hour,” passed away Thursday.
Fabray’s son, Dr. Jamie MacDougall, told The Associated Press
that his mother died at her home in Palos Verdes Estates. He told
the Los Angeles Times that she passed away from natural causes.
The starlet began her successful career at the age of 3, singing and
dancing in Vaudeville performances as "Baby Nanette."
Nanette Fabray with comedy partner Sid Caesar.
Comedienne Joan Rivers made her first guest appearances on
" The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson" on NBC-TV in
1965.
