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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2007: Actor and comedian Calvert DeForest, best known for his appearances on David Letterman's late night talk shows as his character Larry "Bud" Melman, dies at the age of 85 in West Islip, N.Y.