Stella Stevens (born Estelle Eggleston)
(October 1, 1938 – February 17, 2023)

(The Hollywood Reporter) – Stella Stevens,
the screen siren of the 1960s who brought
sweet sexiness to such films as The Nutty
Professor, Too Late Blues and The Ballad
of Cable Hogue, has died. According to her
son, actor-producer-director Andrew Stevens,
she died today in Los Angeles. He said “She
had been in hospice for quite some time with
Stage 7 Alzheimer’s.”

Stella Stevens and Michael Landon in an
episode of “Bonanza” on NBC.  

Stevens and Jerry Lewis from 
“The Nutty Professor” (1963).

With the words, “Hello! This is New York calling,” the U.S. Voice
of America (VOA) began its first radio broadcasts to the Soviet
Union. The VOA effort was an important part of America’s
propaganda campaign against the Soviet Union during the
Cold War.

The VOA began in 1942 as a radio program designed to
explain America’s policies during World War II and to
bolster the morale of its allies throughout Europe, Asia,
the Middle East, and Africa.

After the war, VOA continued as part of America’s Cold War
propaganda arsenal and was primarily directed toward the
western European audience.

Frank Sinatra died in 1998 at age 82 and was buried in a cemetery
not far from Palm Springs, California. Possibly to aid him on his
journey to the afterlife, the late superstar was buried with a pack
of Camel cigarettes and a bottle of Jack Daniels. Loaded with two
of his best companions, his epitaph was derived from one of his
classic hits, “The Best Is Yet To Come.”

Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg is currently serving as
the 19th United States secretary of transportation.

On February 16, 1923, in Thebes, Egypt, English archaeologist
Howard Carter (above) entered the sealed burial chamber of the
ancient Egyptian ruler King Tutankhamen.

Despite rumors that a curse would befall anyone who disturbed
the tomb, its treasures were carefully catalogued, removed and
included in a famous traveling exhibition called the “Treasures
of Tutankhamen.” The exhibition’s permanent home is the
Egyptian Museum in Cairo.