1964

2019

Robert Redford is an actor and filmmaker who has received
numerous accolades such as an Academy Award, a BAFTA
Award, and two Golden Globe Awards, as well as the Cecil B.
DeMille Award in 1994, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement
Award in 1996, the Academy Honorary Award in 2002, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2005, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016,
and the Honorary César in 2019. He was named by Time as one of
the 100 most influential people in the world in 2014.

As the 1992-93 NBA season approached, Larry Bird decided
he could not continue. On Aug. 18, 1992 he announced his
retirement as a player.

After 897 games Bird retired with 21,791 points, 8,974 rebounds
and 5,695 assists. During his career he shot .496 from the floor
and .886 from the free-throw line, retiring as the fifth all-time free-
throw shooter behind Mark Price, Rick Barry, Calvin Murphy and
Scott Skiles.

Bird was named a special assistant in the Celtics’ front office,
with limited duties that included some scouting and player
evaluation. In reality, he spent most of the next five years in
Florida, playing golf and taking it easy.

Larry Joe Bird is 68 years old.

Terence Stamp, the Oscar-nominated British actor who starred
in The Limey, Billy Budd, and as General Zod in Superman, has
died at the age of 87.

Stamp’s death was announced Sunday by his family.

2008

The day of Elvis Presley’s funeral, August 17, 1977, FTD delivered
more than 3,100 floral arrangements, wiping out Memphis-area
florists and setting a record for the most flowers sold in the US
in a single day.

     
    
    
   
Mary Jane "Mae" West (August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980)

Actress, singer and writer, Mae West, whose provocative persona
and sex-tinged one-liners were showcased in Broadway and film
roles. Her career spanned more than seven decades.

In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her 15th among the
greatest female screen legends of classic American cinema.

Sheet music (1918)

A 1933 pre-Code American crime/comedy film.

1933