Muhammad Ali, the reigning world heavyweight boxing champion, entered the combative ring of politics and culture by refusing to
serve in the United States military at the height of the Vietnam
War on this day in 1967.

"I ain’t got no quarrel with those Vietcong," Ali famously said the
year before, the exact quote the source of some dispute, in a
battle that made it all the way to the United States Supreme Court. 

He later wrote, "I refuse to be inducted into the Armed Forces
of the United States because I claim to be exempt as a minister
of the religion of Islam."

Wendy’s is a international fast food restaurant chain founded
by Dave Thomas on November 15, 1969, in Columbus, Ohio. Its headquarters moved to Dublin, Ohio, on January 29, 2006. As
of December 31, 2018, Wendy’s was the world’s third-largest
hamburger fast-food chain with 6,711 locations, following
Burger King and McDonald’s.

(From Wikipedia)

Rex David "Dave" Thomas (July 2, 1932 – January 8, 2002)

On April 27, 2009, the struggling American auto giant General
Motors (GM) said it plans to discontinue production of its more
than 80-year-old Pontiac brand.

Pontiac’s origins date back to the Oakland Motor Car, which
was founded in 1907 in Pontiac, Michigan, by Edward Murphy,
a horse-drawn carriage manufacturer. In 1909, Oakland became
part of General Motors, a conglomerate formed the previous
year by another former buggy company executive, William
Durant. The first Pontiac model made its debut as part of the
Oakland line in the 1920s.

The first Pontiac joined GM’s lineup in 1932. It became so popular that it replaced the Oakland name.

One of the final 2010 Pontiac G6 sedans moves down the
line at General Motors Orion assembly plant in Michigan.
The production marked the end of the line for the venerable Pontiac nameplate.

Springer is best known for “The Jerry Springer Show,”
which he hosted for 27 years.

Gerald Norman Springer (February 13, 1944 – April 27, 2023)

(TMZ) – Beloved talk show host and former Cincinnati Mayor
Jerry Springer died Thursday at the age of 79, following a
brief illness.

Springer’s death was confirmed by TMZ, who reported he
was diagnosed with cancer a few months ago and eventually
became worse toward the end of April. A spokesperson
confirmed he died peacefully at his home in the Chicago
area Thursday morning, according to the outlet.

The fledgling United States Marine Corps proved its dauntless
courage with a "miracle" victory in the Battle of Derna on the
shores of Tripoli in North Africa on this day in history, April 27,
1805.

The successful attack against overwhelming numbers on the
port city in present-day Libya, a stronghold of pirates who
Spent years attacking United States ships at sea, was the
climactic battle of the First Barbary War (1801-05).

The victory is immortalized in a patriotic American anthem.

"From the Halls of Montezuma/To the Shores of Tripoli/
We fight our country’s battles/In the air, on land and sea,"
proclaims the rousing opening lyrics of "The Marines’ Hymn".