Siegfried Fischbacher (June 13, 1939 – January 13, 2021)

BERLIN (AP) — German news agency dpa is reporting that that
illusionist Siegfried Fischbacher, the surviving member of duo
Siegfried & Roy (below) has died in Las Vegas.

The news agency said Thursday that Fischbacher’s sister, a
nun who lives in Munich, confirmed his death of cancer.

Roy Horn (left) & Siegfried Fischbacher with their white lion.

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Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804)

Alexander Hamilton Monument in
Central Park, New York  City.

On January 10, 1901, a drilling derrick at Spindletop Hill near
Beaumont, Texas, produced an enormous gusher of crude oil,
coating the landscape for hundreds of feet and signaling the
advent of the American oil industry. The geyser was discovered
at a depth of over 1,000 feet, flowed at an initial rate of almost
100,000 barrels a day and took nine days to cap. Following the
discovery, petroleum, which until that time had been used in
the U.S. primarily as a lubricant and in kerosene for lamps,
would become the main fuel source for new inventions such
as cars and airplanes; coal-powered forms of transportation
including ships and trains would also convert to the liquid fuel.

A drilling crew takes a break atop Spindletop Hill in Beaumont,
Texas.

Colonel Harland David Sanders
(September 9, 1890 – December 16, 1980)

Harland Sanders, he was an American businessman  and
entrepreneur, best known for building his Kentucky Fried
Chicken café into a fast-food empire.

Sanders previously worked as a farmer, salesman,
railroad fireman, and steamboat pilot.

This is the original KFC in Corbin, Kentucky.