Born November 1924

Sybil Bailey Stockdale, a Navy wife who fought to end the torture of U.S. prisoners of war in Vietnam, has died, according to the Associated Press. Stockdale’s son, Sid Stockdale, …

For three seasons Johnson charmed audiences and castaways alike as “The Professor” on “Gilligan’s Island.”

She was the first black person to seek a major party’s nomination for the U.S. presidency.