On this Day – Happy Birthday “Magic”

ON THIS DAY - August 14th:

1862 - Abraham Lincoln receives the 1st group of African Americans to confer with a US president
1925 - Mount Rushmore 1st proposed
1945 - V-J Day; Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW II
1993 - Reggie Jackson Day - NY Yanks retire #44
1997 - Convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh formally sentenced to death

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1851 - Doc Holliday, Griffin Georgia, American gambler, dentist and gunfighter (Gunfight at the O.K. Corral)
1945 - Steve Martin, American comedian and actor (Parenthood, Jerk, Roxanne), born in Waco, Texas

1959 - Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Lansing Michigan, NBA Forward (LA Lakers/Olympic-gold-92)
1961 - Susan Olson, actress (Cindy-Brady Bunch), born in Santa Monica, California
1966 - Halle Berry, American actress

GOODBYE TO:

1951 - William Randolph Hearst, American newspaper publisher (San Francisco Examiner, Seattle P-I), dies at 88
1958 - Gladys L Presley, mom of Elvis, dies at 46
1980 - Dorothy Stratten, Playmate, murdered by boyfriend Paul Snider

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