JFK - Head of the Blue Key Society of Southwestern Louisiana Institute at Lafayette (now ULL) who met and got photographed with future President Kennedy at the Crowley Rice Festival in 1959
Pen names Robin Paige & Carolyn Keene/ Mystery writer from Vermilion County, Illinois/China Bayles herbal mysteries center around title character's deductive reasoning & knowledge as herbalist & ex-lawyer, who solves murders with her friend
In 1954 Ed Andrews was the New York Yankees' first Negro League pitcher. Unfortunately Andrews never panned out as expected or he and not Elston Howard would have been the first black player in team history.
Born 1916.Last living female 'Monuments Men' of the 2nd wave of Monuments Men which began their work after the war had ended. She is related to writer Virginia Woolf
Author - Dance At The Slaughterhouse (Edgar Award). Series: Matthew Scudder (which includes Eight Million Ways To Die, which was made into a film), Evan Tanner, Bernie Rhodenbarr, Chip Harrison & Keller
Fantasy-Science Fiction Author - Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Illustrated Man, I Sing The Body Electric, Dandelion Wine, The Halloween Tree. Born: 08/22/1920
American Female Former Author - Novel - 'The Cat Who Went Up The Creek' (2002), 'The Cat Who Could Read Backwards' (1966), 'The Cat Who Saw Red' (1986), 'The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern' (1967), 'The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers' (2007) Plus Many More Cat Books
Actor Director Writer active from the 50's into the 70's. Directed several religous themed films in the 50's. Appeared in small tv roles. Was the son of censor Joseph Breen
American Female Author And Journalist - Novel - 'The Corpse Had A Familiar Face' (1987), 'You Only Die Twice' (2001), 'Miami, It's Murder' (1994), 'Contents Under Pressure' (1992), 'The Ice Maiden' (2002), 'Garden Of Evil' (1999) Plus Many More Novels
American Former Male Comedian & Actor - TV Series - 'The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show' (1950-1958). Movie - 'Six of a Kind' (1934), 'Oh God!' 1977), ' The Sunshine Boys' (1975), '18 Again!' (1988), 'A Damsel In Distress' (1937) Plus Many More Roles
German ww2 ME262 pilot born 1924. Was never in the Wehrmacht; author - The last of the few: An Me.262 Pilot remembers, flew the buckner 181, 131, fw 44, ar 66, f-13, w33, w34, ju86, ju88, ju52, me110, me210, me40, me262, klemm 35, sg38, kranich
American Female Author - Novel - 'The Princess Diaries' Series 1 To 11 (2000-2015), 'All American Girl' (2002), 'Avalon High' (2005), 'How To Be Popular' (2006), 'Teen Idol' (2004), 'From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess' (2015) Plus Many More
WWII - D-Day: Served on the HMCS Kitchener, K-225, the only Canadian Corvette to participate in D-Day, escorting the second wave of American infantry which landed at around 11 am on Omaha Beach
American Female American Football Player - Defence Back/Fullback. Lingerie/Legends Football League (LFL) 'Baltimore Charm' (2010-2013 ) 'Las Vegas Sin' (2014-2015)
English - Born American Female Author - Novel - 'the Thin Woman' (1984), 'Nur eine tote Schwiegermutter...' (1984), 'Mum's The Word' (1990), 'Femmes Fatales / So töte ich den Mann meiner Träume'(1992), 'How to Murder the Man of Your Dreams'(1995)
Scottish Former Female Author - Novel - 'Snobbery with violence' (2003), 'Sick of shadows' (2005), 'Hasty Death' (2004), 'Our lady of pain' (2006), 'Deirdre and Desire' (1983), 'Mrs Budley Falls from Grace' (1993), 'Frederica in Fashion' (1985)
English Male Author - Jack Reacher Novel Series- 'Killing Floor' (1997), 'No Plan B' (2022), 'One Shot' (2005), 'Die Trying' (1998), 'Tripwire' (1999), 'The Sentinel' (2020), 'The Visitor' (2000), 'The Secret' (2023), 'Better Off Dead' (2021)
American Female Historic Figure - On 11/22/1963 - Downtown Fort Worth - Aged 10. President Kennedy Stood Before Her, Her Sister and Mother. They Got To Shake His Hand, And The Hands Of The Governor And The Vice President Before He Went To Dallas
American Former Female Author - Novel - 'Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter' (2005), 'Duplicity Dogged the Dachshund' (2007), 'Even Cat Sitters Get the Blues' (2008), 'Cat Sitter on a Hot Tin Roof' (2009), 'The Cat Sitter and the Canary' (2016)
Mystery Author - Tell No One, Hold Tight, The Woods, Caught, Long Last, The Innocent, Gone For Good, Play Dead, Miracle Cure, No Second Chance, Shelter, Stay Close, Myron Bolitar series
WWII - Mine Platoon of the Anti-Tank Company, 69th Infantry Division, 271st Regiment. First combat at the 'Siegfried Line' in February 1945; crossed the Rhine on March 27, 1945; arrived at the KZ Buchenwald one day after its liberation
Director/actor/writer 'Return to Tarawa: The Leon Cooper Story' 'Random Passage'/4 years Naval officer in WW2. Landing craft officer-Boat Group Commander for my ship-landing assault troops on the beaches of six Japanese island strongholds
U.S. Air Force brigadier general (Ret.)& author 'Around the World with LBJ: My Wild Ride As Air Force One Pilot', White House Aide, & Personal Confidant/Military aide & chief Air Force One pilot under President Lyndon B. Johnson
American mystery/crime writer. Most popular series features his regular character Lincoln Rhyme, a quadriplegic detective, and Amelia Sachs. Chosen to write an official new James Bond novel; Carte Blanche is set in 2011 and was published on 25 May 2011
Author;'Just A Kid, A Guard at the Nuremberg Trials' 18 years old when drafted in 1944, into infantry. Found himself standing guard over Nazi war criminals, & watched as atrocities were described in detail throughout the Nuremberg Trails
WWII veteran, born in 1913, believed to be the oldest living Pearl Harbor survivor. He served on the USS W> Virginia during the attack, and later served in the Korean War
U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to the White House detail during the Kennedy years, Duncan served as the advance agent for Fort Worth during the Texas visit in November 1963
Crime Author - L.A. Confidential, The Black Dahlia, White Jazz, The Big Nowhere, American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, Blood's A Rover, My Dark Places
Author - The Glendower Legacy, The Cavanaugh Quest (Edgar Award nom.), The Assassini, The Man From Lisbon, Hollywood Gothic, The First Sacrifice, Praetorian, Saint's Rest
former Reds, Braves, Cubs, Mets & Royals outfielder; holds minor league record for stolen bases in one season (155); currently plays in White Sox minor leagues
Actress - The Slime People, Pajama Party, Ride The Wild Surf, City Under The Sea, Dr. Goldfoot & The Bikini Machine, The Ghost In The Invisible Bikini (title role). Wife of A.I.P. president James H. Nicholson from 1964 until his death in 1972
WW2 vet, born 1921, and the last surviving member of Richard Byrd'sThird Antarctic Expedition in 1939. Also returned with Byrd on his 1946 and 1947 expeditions
U.S. Congressman (4th CD) from Massachusetts. Son of Joseph P. Kennedy II, grandson of Ethel Kennedy and the late Robert F. Kennedy. Elected to Congress in 2012
Fiction writer working in the mystery, thriller, and horror genres. He writes as J. A. Konrath and Jack Kilborn. In 2011 Konrath was named one of the '5 eBook Authors To Watch' by Mediabistro.com's Dianna Dilworth
Author: 'A Drink Before the War', 'Darkness, Take My Hand', 'Sacred', 'Gone, Baby, Gone', 'Prayers for Rain', 'Moonlight Mile', 'Mystic River', 'Shutter Island', 'Coronado: Stories', 'The Given Day'
Last surviving witness to 'The Sutton Hoo excavation' in 1939, considered to be one of the most important excavation's made in British archaeological history. She lives in Chester, UK and is now 84 years old
Australian WWII veteran and a member of Semut 1, a group of undercover allied operatives lead by the eccentric English Major Tom Harrisson in Borneo in 1945. Now lives in Bayswater, West Australia with his wife Margery
Sci-fi/Mystery author, also humor, satire, non-fiction & reviews. Plus 24 novels & 40+ short stories, also edited science-fantasy anthologies. Expert on writing of Edgar Rice Burroughs and has an equally strong interest in H. P. Lovecraft
Donald Francis Mason was a U.S. Navy pilot with Patrol Squadron Eight-Two (VP-82), stationed at Argentia, Newfoundland.Responsible for the saying 'Sighted Sub, Sank Same.
Assistant Director of the FBI, former broadcast journalist and co-host with Barbara Walters of the American ABC network's 20/20 program, one of the few Western reporters ever to have interviewed Osama bin Laden; Author - The Cell: inside the 9/11 plot
Author - You Suck, A Dirty Job, The Stupidest Angel, Fluke, Lamb, The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove, Island of the Sequined Love Nun, Bloodsucking Fiends, Coyote Blue, and Practical Demonkeeping
US Marine Sgt./Vietnam/Last out before the fall of Saigon/sent to attache office to guard millions of dollars before cash was burned & compound blown up by the Americans to keep the enemy from raiding it and obtaining classified documents
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 19th round of the 1990 MLB June Amateur Draft and the Seattle Mariners in the 19th round of the 1991 MLB June Amateur Draft, Also played for Team USA Baseball team in 1991
Bodybuilder, born 1944, Munich, Germany,
Mr. Germany 1965 , Mr. Europe 1970 (Tall Division), Mr. Europe 1972 (Tall Division), famous physic model in the 1960s
This is the Venezuelan-born left-handed pitcher who was born April 7, 1993. He was traded by the Orioles to the Red Sox in the Andrew Miller deal, and, as of spring, 2018, is a starting pitcher for Boston
Author: Sandstorm, Map of Bones, Black Order, The Judas Strain, The Last Oracle, The Doomsday Key, Altar of Eden, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (movie novel), Ice Hunt, Amazonia, Deep Fathom, Excavation, Subterranean, and Jake Ransom
Vietnam/Fall of Saigon/Drove bus through Saigon & pick up eligible to leave. Saw anger growing among those on the streets as people realized the end was near & U.S. was pulling out. A rocket hit near the bus & was shaken by shrapnel
Crime Story Author - The New Centurions, The Blue Knight, The Choirboys, The Onion Field, The Black Marble, The Glitter Dome, Hollywood Station series. Created TV program Police Story. Former LAPD Det. Sgt. Mystery Writers Of America Grand Master - 2004
Reporter/cameraman WBAP-TV/Covered attempted shooting Gen. Edwin Walker. November 22, at Love Field, Trade Mart & Parkland, captured only sound recording of announcement of President Kennedy's death. In 1964, he covered the Jack Ruby trial
Stuntman: Rio Bravo, The Alamo, The Misfits, Daniel Boone, Point Blank, Planet of the Apes, Rollerball, King Kong, Bronco Billy, The Fall Guy, Escape from New York, Road House // Actor: Friday the 13th - The Final Chapter, Starman, Silverado, The Hidden
Texas Ranger, drove Mayor's car in JFK's Dallas motorcade. Helped remove the President's body from the limo on arrival at Parkland Hospital. Later served 16 years as a county sheriff