Musician Dennis “Dee Tee” Thomas, a co-founder of the legendary
funk band Kool & the Gang, died Saturday in New Jersey. The cause
was not disclosed.
FOUNDING BAND MEMBER HAS DIED AT 70
WORLD’S YOUNGEST CHESS GRANDMASTER
The 12-year-old chess prodigy from New Jersey, Abhimanya Mishra (above), broke the world record on June 30 when he won first place
at the Vezérképző GM Mix 2021, a 10-round Swiss chess tournament
that took place in Budapest, Hungary.
Mishra defeated grandmaster Leon Luke Mendonca, 15, of India,
seconds before the match ended.
“It feels amazing,” Mishra told Fox & Friends Saturday. “All my
years of hard work, everything, finally paid off.”
MAKING HISTORY ON THIS DAY IN 1945
On August 6, 1945, the United States becomes the first and only
nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it dropped an
atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Approximately
80,000 people were killed as a direct result of the blast, while
another 35,000 were injured. At least another 60,000 would be
dead by the end of the year from the effects of the fallout.
Though the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan marked the end
of World War II, many historians argue that it also ignited the Cold
War.
HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY
Richard (Dick) Wagstaff Clark
(November 30, 1929 – April 18, 2012)
“American Bandstand” with host Dick Clark debuted on this
day in 1957.
Taken from “EYES OF A GENERATION…TELEVISION’S LIVING HISTORY
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