Comedian, writer and director of “Blazing Saddles,” “The Producers”
and “Young Frankenstein.” He’s 99 years old today.

In the first major offensive ordered for U.S. forces in Vietnam,
3,000 troops of the 173rd Airborne Brigade—in conjunction
with 800 Australian soldiers and a Vietnamese airborne unit—
assault a jungle area known as Viet Cong Zone D, 20 miles
northeast of Saigon.

The operation was called off after three days when it failed to
make any major contact with the enemy. One American was
killed and nine Americans and four Australians were wounded.

The State Department assured the American public that the
operation was in accord with Johnson administration policy
on the role of U.S. troops.

On June 28, 1997, Mike Tyson bites Evander Holyfield’s ear
in the third round of their heavyweight rematch.

(June/July 1986)

His first wife, Candace Kaniecki told TMZ he died Thursday
morning and that it was unexpected and the cause of death
is currently unknown.

The Dukes of Hazzard is an action comedy television
series that aired on CBS from 1979 to 1985, with a total
of seven seasons consisting of 147 episodes.