In History – JFK, Jr. dies in plane crash

TODAY IN HISTORY - July 16th:

1951 - Novel "Catcher in Rye" by J. D. Salinger published
1969 -Apollo 11, carrying 1st men to land on Moon, launched

1999 - John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette are killed in a plane crash off the coast of Martha's Vineyard. The Piper Saratoga aircraft was piloted by Kennedy.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1907 - Barbara Stanwyck, Bkln, actress (Dynasty II, Big Valley, Thorn Birds)
1907 - Orville Redenbacher, Brazil Indiana, American popcorn King (Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet)
1911 - Ginger Rogers, [Virginia McMath], Independ Mo, dancer
1963 - Phoebe Cates, Manhattan NY, actress (Fast Times at Ridgemount High)
1967 - Will Ferrell, American comedian
1968 - Barry Sanders, NFL running back (Detroit Lions, 1988 Heisman Trophy)

1988 - "Back To The Future" actor Michael J. Fox (27) weds "Family Ties" actress Tracy Pollan (28) at West Mountain Inn in Arlington, Vermont

GOODBYE TO:

2001 - "Kate & Leopold" actress Meg Ryan (38) divorces actor Dennis Quaid (46) after 9 years of marriage
2012 - Actor-comedian Russell Brand (36) divorces popstar Katy Perry (27) due to irreconcilable differences a year after the fairy-tale wedding in India

1871 - Tad Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln
1882 - Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States (b. 1818)
1981 - Harry Chapin, folk vocalist (Taxi), dies in car crash at 38
1995 - Max Factor Jr, makeup inventor, dies
1999 - Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, wife of John F. Kennedy, Jr. (b. 1966)
1999 - John F. Kennedy Jr., American publisher (George) and lawyer, dies in a plane crash at 38

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