FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS HER LEGACY AND HONORS Franklin received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1979, had her voice declared a Michigan “natural resource” in 1985, and became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. The National Academy of Recording Arts and […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Samuel Leeds Allen (May 5, 1841 – March 28, 1918) was the founder of S.L. Allen & Company in Philadelphia. He was the inventor of, and his company manufactured, both the Flexible Flyer sled and Planet Jr farm and garden equipment. For over one hundred […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS The IBM Personal Computer (model 5150, commonly known as the IBM PC) is the first microcomputer released in the IBM PC model line and the basis for the IBM PC compatible de facto standard. Released on August 12, 1981, it was created by a team of engineers and designers […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, also known simply as Alcatraz (English: /ˈælkəˌtræz/, Spanish: [alkaˈtɾas] “the gannet”) or The Rock was a maximum security federal prison on Alcatraz Island, 1.25 miles (2.01 km) off the coast of San Francisco, California, United States, the site of a fort since the 1850s; the main prison building was built in 1910–1912 […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Dame Olivia Newton-John AC DBE (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was a British-Australian singer, actress, and activist. She was a four-time Grammy Award winner whose music career included five number one hits and another ten Top Ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and two Billboard 200 number one albums, If You […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 (Pub.L. 100–383, title I, August 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 904, 50a U.S.C. § 1989b et seq.) is a United States federal law that granted reparations to Japanese Americans who had been interned by the United States government during World War II. The act was sponsored by California Democratic congressman and former internee Norman Mineta, Wyoming Republican senator Alan K. Simpson (who had met Mineta […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS James Cleveland “Jesse” Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games. Owens specialized in the sprints and the long jump and was recognized in his lifetime as “perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS William Martin Gulager (/ˈɡuːləɡər/; November 16, 1928 – August 5, 2022), better known as Clu Gulager, was an American television and film actor and director born in Holdenville, Oklahoma. He first became known for his work in television, appearing in the co-starring role of William […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Garfield is an American comic strip created by Jim Davis. Originally published locally as Jon in 1976, then in nationwide syndication from 1978 as Garfield, it chronicles the life of the title character Garfield the cat, his human owner Jon Arbuckle, and Odie the dog. As of 2013, it was syndicated in roughly 2,580 newspapers and journals, […]

FROM WICKIPEDIA COMMONS Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky (born March 17, 1997) is an American competitive swimmer. She has won six Olympic individual gold medals and 14 world championship individual gold medals, the most in history for a female swimmer. Ledecky is the world record holder in the women’s 800-, and 1500-meter […]

ON THIS DATE IN 1997, Microsoft and Apple agreed to share technology TODAY’S ALMANAC Question of the Day I’d like to start some pansies by seed. When is the best time to do that? Do it now! August is a great time to sow pansies for next […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS U.S. energy crisis On April 18, 1977, Carter delivered a televised speech declaring that the U.S. energy crisis during the 1970s was the “moral equivalent of war”. He encouraged energy conservation by all U.S. citizens and installed solar water heating panels on the […]

FROM THE FIGUEROA FAMILY: Hello! We will be celebrating the life of my father this coming Saturday, August 6th, 2022. L.E. Black, Phillips & Holden Funeral Home 1951 McGuffey Road Youngstown, OH 44505 Visitation 9 AM Funeral Service To follow at 10 AM Interment Tod […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS The American Canoe Association (ACA) is the oldest and largest paddle sports organization in the United States, promoting canoeing, kayaking, and rafting. The ACA sponsors more than seven hundred events each year, along with safety education, instructor certification, waterway conservation and public information campaigns. There are more than […]

FROM THE FIGUEROA FAMILY Hello! We will be celebrating the life of my father this coming Saturday, August 6th, 2022. L.E. Black, Phillips & Holden Funeral Home 1951 McGuffey Road Youngstown, OH 44505 Visitation 9 AM Funeral Service To follow at 10 AM Interment Tod […]

July 21, 2022 Concert event benefits Stowe Mission of Central Ohio, Habitat MidOhio, Ohio State Comprehensive Cancer Center – James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, and Blessings in a Backpack on behalf of the Brighter Days Foundation Columbus, Ohio – Representatives from the Brighter Days Foundation announced […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Dame Olivia Newton-John AC DBE (born 26 September 1948) is a British-born Australian raised singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur and activist. She is a four-time Grammy Award winner whose music career includes five number-one hits and another ten top-ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and two Billboard 200 number-one albums, If You Love Me, […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Alys McKey Bryant (née McKey; 1880–1954) was an American aviator. She was the first woman to fly on the Pacific Coast and in Canada, and one of the few female members of the Early Birds of Aviation—individuals who had solo piloted an aircraft prior to December […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Mister Roberts is a 1955 American Warner color in Cinema Scopecomedy-drama film directed by John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy, and featuring an all-star cast including Henry Fonda as Mister Roberts, James Cagney as Captain Morton, William Powell (in his final film appearance) as Doc, and Jack Lemmon as Ensign Pulver. Based on the 1946 novel and 1948 Broadway play, the film […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS William Richard Mueller (/ˈmɪlər/ MIL-ler; born March 17, 1971) is an American retired professional baseball third baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB). Mueller’s MLB playing career was spent with the San Francisco Giants (1996–2000, 2002), Chicago Cubs (2001–2002), Boston Red Sox (2003–2005), and Los Angeles Dodgers (2006). He is currently the hitting coach at Arizona State. Many of Mueller’s […]