The Future King of Pop is Born – This Day in History - Aug 29th

Gary Indiana was the place that the future King of Pop, Michael Jackson was born on this day back in 1958.  At the age of five Mr. Jackson began his musical career performing with his four older brothers in the group, The Jackson 5 under the Motown music label.  By the age of 11, Mr. Jackson was a television personality and by the age of 14 he released his first solo album.  Michael Jackson had a very successful career and wealth that lasted for an impressive 45 years. He is not only famous for his music but for his trademark hip hop dance moves and music videos.  Even though Mr. Jackson died at the age of 50 in 2009, his musical legacy lives on.

Hurricane Katrina storms into the Louisiana Gulf Coast

On this day back in 2005, New Orleans, Louisiana suffered a massive Category 5 Hurricane named Katrina. After Katrina’s destruction in New Orleans it remained its strength and slammed into the coast of Mississippi and Alabama.

"La Bamba" reaches #1

Back in 1987, the song, “La Bamba” scored a hit for two musical talents, one posthumously: Los Lobas and the late, Richie Valens.  The biographical film, “La Bamba,” starring Lou Diamond Phillips and the Los Lobas soundtrack, placed this 1959 hit back on the billboard charts.  The late Richie Valens died in 1959 due toa plane crash along with musicians Buddy Holly and J. P. Richardson, also knonw as the "Big Bopper."    Mr. Valens was only 17years old.

Hurricane Donna forms off the African coast

Back in 1960, a hurricane that would cause destruction in the Florida Keys was born off the African Coast in Cape Verde.  After slamming into Puerto Rico, the Bahamas and Cuba, Hurricane Donna veered toward the United States and hit the Florida Keys.  This Category 4 event according to history.com, “The storm then rode the Florida coastline, causing 13 deaths in Fort Myers and Daytona Beach. The state's grapefruit and orange crops also took devastating blows and almost half of the largest mangrove tree forest in the United States was lost. It was the strongest storm to hit Florida until Andrew in 1992.”

All History facts provided from the link below:

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hurricane-katrina-slams-into-gulf-coast