Del Shannon’s Runaway became number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the
spring of 1961.

                         
             
             One of the last pictures taken of Del Shannon at his final concert
             February 3, 1990 in Fargo, North Dakota. He died five days later 
             from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 55.

       This hit for The Kingston Trio sold over three million copies

George Burns ( Nathan Birnbaum), was a comedian, actor, and writer whose career spanned vaudeville, film, radio, and television along with his wife, Gracie Allen. George continued working until shortly before his death, in 1996 at the age of 100. 

George Burns and Gracie Allen were the "first couple" of American comedy. From their early days in Vaudeville to the immensely popular "Burns & Allen" TV show, they continued working together until Gracie’s untimely death in 1964.The two had been married since 1926.

   
         
             The Burns and Allen Show was on CBS-TV from 1950 through 1958.
 

John F. Kennedy was the first U.S. President to have his Inauguration
telecast in color. The NBC television network covered the event.

                 President Kennedy delivering his Inaugural address

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective – fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career. Poe died on October 7, 1849. The actual cause remains a mystery.

In January 1845 Poe published his poem “THE RAVEN” to instant success.