In 2025, Deion "Coach Prime" Sanders is the head football coach
at the University of Colorado, entering his third season with the Buffaloes. He recently recovered from a scare with bladder cancer,
with his doctor declaring him cured after surgery.

Sanders is focused on the upcoming season, where Colorado
aims to compete for the Big 12 title and a College Football
Playoff berth. He is also managing his son Shedeur Sanders’
transition to the NFL, where Shedeur is starting for the
Cleveland Browns.

   
CAMILLE BOHANNON

On August 9, 1945, a second atomic bomb is dropped on
Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting finally
in Japan’s unconditional surrender.

James Arthur Lovell Jr. (March 25, 1928 – August 7, 2025)

The Apollo 13 commander was remembered for ‘legendary leadership in pioneering human space flight.’ Lovell died
on Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois. 

Jim Lovell, center, with fellow Apollo 13 astronauts Fred
Haise and Jack Swigert.

"Houston, we have a problem." The iconic five-word phrase spoken by Tom Hanks, portraying astronaut Jim Lovell, in
the 1995 blockbuster Apollo 13 instantly became one of the
most memorable movie quotes of all time.

SANDY KOZEL

Among Dustin Hoffman’s numerous accolades are two
Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, five Golden Globe
Awards, and two  Primetime Emmy Awards as well as a
nomination for a Tony award.         

He was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1997,
the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1999, and the Kennedy
Center Honors Award in 2012.     

Dustin Hoffman was born in Los Angeles, California on
this day in 1937. He’s 88 years old today.