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Learn who the famous people born on February 13 are Sgt. York! And more!

  ALVIN CULLUM YORK was born in Pall Mall, Tennessee in 1887. Got an honor, for his actions to carry out an attack against a German machine gun nest took 32 machines, firearms killed 28 German soldiers and captured another medal 132. This action took place during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in France during the First World War In addition to the Medal of Honor, a Distinguished Service Cross, World War I Victory Medal, Medal U.S. election campaign, World War II Victory Medal, French Legion of Honor, French Croix de Guerre with palm, Italian Croce di Guerra and War Medal of Montenegro. Alvin C. York Veterans Hospital in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, is named for him as Alvin C. York Institute - A private secondary school agriculture. In 1941, Sergeant York movie was released. Gary Cooper won an Academy Award for best actor for his role in this film. It was the film's highest box office in 1941. (ae  1964)

  ERNEST JENNINGS FORD better known as Tennessee Ernie Ford, was born in Bristol, Tennessee in 1919. It was a recording artist and television host. He managed in the country and western, pop and gospel genres. He started as an advertiser on WOPI-AM. In l939 we left at the Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio to major in classical music and voice. He served in WWII as a bombardier on a B-29 Superfortress in missions over Japan. After his service he worked in radio in San Bernardino and Pasadena, California. It was during his time at the San Bernardino station he picked up his nickname "Tennessee Ernie." In the forties, Ford has turned musical. Meanwhile, a talent scout for Capitol Records he brought to their attention, and Ford has finally signed a contract with them. In the 1950s he released 50 singles countries. Some of these included early recordin "Shotgun Boogie, and" Blackberry Boogie ". His interpretation of" Sixteen Tons "was a great success in 1955. From 1956 to 1961, he had his own television show NBC first time, The Show Ford. From 1962-1965, he hosted the Tennessee Ernie Ford Show. He has three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. And in 1984, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame came 1990. (D. 1991)

  Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager was born in 1923 in Lincoln County, West Virginia. He is a former major general of the U.S. Air Force and a veteran of the Second World War and Vietnam both. After the Second World War, he became a test pilot of many types of aircraft and rocket planes. It was the first man to cross the sound barrier on October 14, 1947. His career as a flight of more than six decades, he visited most parts of the globe. Yeager broke many speed and altitude records. It was the first commander of the School of Aerospace Research USAF pilot who produced the astronauts from NASA and the Air Force. Among the many medals he was awarded the Congressional Silver Medal (1976) to be the first to break the sound barrier, and the Collier Trophy and Mackay Trophy. Although it is now fully retired from the army, he kept busy by serving on the Rogers Commission that investigated the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.

  MARILYN PAULINE "KIM" Novak was born in 1933 in Chicago, Illinois. She is an actress who has won two Golden Globe Awards and is best known for his performance in the film starred Vertigo (1958). She is also co-.