The Tuskegee Airmen are activated, Elvis buys Graceland, Bob Dylan releases his debut album, Texas Western makes college basketball history, and the invasion of Iraq begins, all on this day.
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1987: Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns as head of his PTL ministry organization due to a brewing sex scandal involving secretary Jessica Hahn. Bakker was succeeded in late March by Jerry Falwell.