The volleyball from Tom Hanks ’ film “Cast Away” sold recently
for a record price of $300.000 at auction in London. The volleyball,
which Hanks’  character named Wilson, was his closest companion
during his four years stranded alone on a island in the 2000 film.

Near the end of a weeklong national salute to Americans who
served in the Vietnam War, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 
was dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by
thousands of veterans of the conflict. The memorial was a 
simple V-shaped black-granite wall inscribed with the
names of the 57,939 Americans who died in the conflict,
arranged in order of death, not rank, as was common in
other memorials.

Gavan John O’Herlihy
(July 29, 1951 – September 15, 2021)

(Daily News) – Actor Gavan O’Herlihy, perhaps best
known for being forgotten as Chuck Cunningham
on the 1970s sitcom “Happy Days,” has died. 

Variety reports O’Herlihy’s brother confirmed his
sibling died last month in Bathe, England, but
gave no cause of death.

On November 12, 1954, Ellis Island, the gateway to America, shut
it doors after processing more than 12 million immigrants since
opening in 1892. Today, tens of millions of Americans can trace
their roots through Ellis Island, located in New York Harbor off
the New Jersey coast and named for merchant Samuel Ellis,
who owned the land in the 1770’s.

Health inspection for new immigrants, Ellis Island, New
York, 1920.