Born on This Day
Deep-voiced American singer famed for romantic ballads like "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe."
American athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, thwarting Hitler's aim to prove Aryan superiority.
Shanghai-born basketball player who led the Houston Rockets to the playoffs four times and helped popularize the sport in China.
Investigating the possible crash of a UFO, residents of Flatwoods, West Virginia, encounter a creature they describe as 10 feet tall, with glowing eyes and claw-like hands. Skeptics dismiss the “monster” as likely an owl.
Timeline
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