On March 11, 1903, musician and entertainer Lawrence Welk 
was born.

For the generation that grew up on the big bands of the 1930s
and ’40s, The Lawrence Welk Show was a blessed island of
calm in a world gone mad for rock and roll, and it aired like
clockwork every Saturday night from 1955 to 1982. On KTLA.
ABC and Syndication.

When ABC dropped The Lawrence Welk Show in 1971, Welk independently arranged a syndication deal that kept him on
the air for another 11 years and made him one of the richest
entertainers in America. 

Inside the historic William Penn Hotel in downtown
Pittsburgh, you can see Lawrence Welk’s original
bubble machine.

"Oppenheimer" led the night with the most nominations,
netting 13 at the beginning of the night. The film took
home seven awards.

Starring Irish actor Cillian Murphy (47) as J. Robert Oppenheimer.

Cillian Murphy and Matt Damon.

The movie was written, produced, and directed by
Christopher Nolan.

The Chevrolet Impala first debuted in 1958 and was soon
Chevrolet’s most popular flagship passenger car and one
of the better-selling American-made automobiles in the U.S.

You Asked for It is a human interest television show created and
hosted by Art Baker (below) Initially titled The Art Baker Show,
the program originally aired on TV between 1950 and 1959. Later
versions of the series were seen in 1972, 1981, and 2000.

Art Baker (Arthur Appleton Shank)
January 7, 1898 – August 26, 1966)

Baker  initially planned to be a singer, and
during World War I he was a song leader
while serving in the United States Army.

Baker’s radio career began as an announcer
on Los Angeles radio station KFSG. He later
worked at Forest Lawn Memorial Park as a
tour guide.

On this day in 1970, the U.S. Army accused Capt. Ernest Medina
and four other soldiers of committing crimes at My Lai (also
known as Songmy) in March 1968. The charges ranged from premeditated murder to rape and the “maiming” of a suspect
under interrogation. Medina was the company commander of
Lt. William Calley and other soldiers charged with murder and
numerous crimes at My Lai 4 in Song My village.

Ernest Lou Medina
(August 27, 1936 – May 8, 2018)