More Martin Denny, and the exotica covers he did so well. The model is Sandy Warner, who appeared on a total of 16 Martin Denny covers.
January 18, 1778: “Captain James Cook visited the [Hawaiian] islands on January 18, 1778 and named them the ‘Sandwich Islands’ in honor of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, who was one of his sponsors as the First Lord of the Admiralty. This name was in use until the 1840s, when the local name ‘Hawaii’ gradually began to take precedence.”
(Source: Wikipedia)
More Diana Dors here, including her Sgt. Peppers appearance.
Happy Birthday to John Philip Sousa, born November 6, 1854.
Florence Henderson, best known as one of television’s most beloved moms, Carol Brady.