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Before his senior year of high school, Wilt Chamberlain took a summer job at Kutsher's Country Club, a resort in the Catskills. By day, he was making $2 an hour. At night, he played on Kutsher's basketball team, coached by athletic director, Red Auerbach.

The Jumo 222 was the most powerful German aircraft engine at the end of the war. The Jumo 222 was a new development that began in 1937 at the Otto Mader factory in Dessau and was run under the technical management of Ferdinand Brandner. This in-line radial engine was intended for long-range fighter aircraft, initially had a design output of 2000 hp and was to be increased to 3000 hp as development progressed. https://planehistoria.com/junkers-ju-288-the-bomber-the.../

Truth is a stranger to the fiction Dept. A photo that set in motion a lot of problems for the couple. Johnny Cash was married to an African American woman in the 1950s.

They would say she was Italian ( which in itself could mean she has African blood, but suspected it was more than just that ) but the Klan down south gave them the side eye protesting him and his shows.

"That was a perilous time to be an interracial couple, so give props to them both."

Turns out the ” man in black “ was a true rebel and lived life on his terms, with respect! She ended up bowing out of the marriage ( after ten years and children, Roseanne Cash being one ), as the stress of it got to be too much for her. Even now in the movies, they don’t portray her as she was…

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 
Robert Koch Announces Discovery of Tuberculosis Bacterium (1882)
Tuberculosis, a contagious, wasting disease that commonly attacks the lungs but may affect other organs and systems as well, is caused by several strains of mycobacteria, particularly Mycobacterium tuberculosis in humans. First identified in 1882 by German bacteriologist Robert Koch, M. tuberculosis is unusual because of its lipid-rich cell wall and because it divides every 15 to 20 hours, when other bacteria divide in minutes.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 
John Lennon and Yoko Ono Hold Their First Bed-In for Peace (1969)
Five days after John Lennon of the Beatles married the Japanese avant-garde artist Yoko Ono, the couple held the first of two week-long Bed-Ins for Peace as a non-violent way of protesting war and promoting peace. For the first Bed-In, the couple invited members of the press into their Amsterdam hotel room and then sat in bed and talked about peace. Months later, they held their second Bed-In in Montreal.

Muhammad Ali defended the heavyweight championship with a 15th round TKO of "Bayonne Bleeder" Chuck Wepner in Richfield, Ohio in 1975.

Ali, a heavy favorite, kept Wepner on the outside with his jab for much of the fight. Occasionally Wepner managed to get inside and maul, but not consistently. Wepner seemed frustrated that he felt referee Tony Perez wouldn't allow him to do more in the clinch.

In round 9, just after Wepner said something to Perez about letting him work inside, Wepner sent Ali to the canvas by landing a right to the body as he stepped on Ali's foot. Perez called it a knockdown.

"[Perez] is a dirty referee," Ali said, insinuating that Perez favored Wepner in the bout. "He's a dirty dog. He'll never referee another of my fights."

Ali rose and wound up rocking Wepner with right hands a few rounds later, including a right hand that nearly turned Wepner around in round 13. The following round saw Wepner following Ali around, attempting to find something to end the fight in his favor.

Ali's corner implored him to end matters. "Get rid of this bum, champ!" screamed "Bundini" Brown. "Get rid of this bum!"

Wepner wasn't a bum, but that's what Ali did in round 15. With Wepner clearly weakening, Ali dialed up his offense and landed a hard right hand on Wepner as he lurched around the ring, wide open. Wepner sailed to the canvas, and the fight was stopped as he tried to get up.

"Many people thought this fight would be a joke, but you saw yourself a good fight," Ali quipped afterward. He's a good, awkward fighter. Better than you give him credit for."

Wepner, somewhat bitter about the result, said, "I thought I was in this thing all the way to the end. How many guys do you know that went 15 rounds with Muhammad Ali and were still punching at the end?"

Tony Perez never refereed another Muhammad Ali fight.