LOOKING BACK

1935: humorist Will Rogers and aviator Wiley Post were killed when their airplane crashed near Point Barrow in the Alaska Territory.

1939: the MGM musical “The Wizard of Oz” opened at the Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

1969: the Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened in upstate New York.

1971: President Richard Nixon announced a 90day freeze on wages, prices and rents.