UPI Almanac for Tuesday, June 24, 2008.

UPI almanac for Sunday, June 24, 2007.

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., July 10 (UPI) -- Jack Smith, a singer who had his own radio show and became the host of ABC's "You Asked for It," has died in Westlake Village, Calif., at 92.

Today is Saturday, June 24, the 175th day of 2006 with 190 to follow.

HONOLULU, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- Big band leader Del Courtney, who performed at four U.S. presidential inaugural balls during his 70-year career, has died in Hawaii at age 95. Courtney was in a Honolulu hospital suffering from pneumonia when he died Feb. 11, Daily Variety reported.

Today is Friday, June 24, the 175th day of 2005 with 190 to follow.

Today is Thursday, June 24, the 176th day of 2004 with 190 to follow.

Today is Tuesday, June 24, the 175th day of 2003 with 190 to follow.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- Walt Disney lost faith in sequels after the failure of his 1934 follow-up to "The Three Little Pigs." He concluded, "You can't top pigs with pigs." So, when he