No, he died relatively young in his early 60's. It was a big milestone for all of us siblings when we passed that age in which our parents passed away.
Lots of cool birthdays today: Walt Disney Little Richard Martin Van Buren George Armstrong Custer Bill Pickett Clyde Cessna Fritz Lang Sonny Boy Williamson Werner Heisenberg rimrocker Ottio Preminger Telly Savalas Joan Didion Calvin Trillin James Lee Burke J.J. Cale Jim Messina Jim Plunkett Art Monk
Today in history, my old HS made Sportscenter top 10 plays, but not in a good way. They lost the state championship game.
Kind of surreal that it fell on a Sunday this year. Just like in 1941. It hit the news in the States around 12:30 or so Houston time. Trying to imagine turning on the TV to watch football around 1pm (like yesterday) and seeing this all over the news. Sorry, I'm nerding out again...
https://www.navytimes.com/veterans/...soon-no-pearl-harbor-survivors-will-be-alive/ today there are only 12 Pearl Harbor survivors — all centenarians — and this year none were able to make the pilgrimage to Hawaii to mark the event Sunday.
Today is also the feast of the immaculate conception. I know this because it my son's birthday today.
Today in 1972 members of Apollo 17 left the moon. They were the last humans to visit. If you are younger than 53, no human has been on the moon in your lifetime.
