Powel Crosley Jr.
(September 18, 1886 – March 28, 1961)
Crosley made his fortune in the automotive
parts and accessories business, before
diversifying into manufacturing other
consumer products and Crosley cars in
the 1920s and 1930s.
In 1925 his company became the largest
manufacturer of radios in the world.
Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014)
Robin Williams, the prolific Oscar-winning actor and comedian,
died by suicide on August 11, 2014. He was only 63.
1987
On August 11, 1973, the nostalgic teenage coming-of-age
movie American Graffiti, directed and co-written by George
Lucas, opened in theaters across the United States. Set in
California in the summer of 1962, the film was nominated
for five Academy Awards, including Best Director and Best
Picture, and helped launch the big-screen careers of Richard
Dreyfuss and Harrison Ford, as well as the former child actor
and future Oscar-winning filmmaker Ron Howard.
The film’s success enabled Lucas (below) to get his next
movie made, the mega-hit Star Wars (1977).
Wolfman-Jack
Harrison Ford