Storm causes power outage on Marco Island. Over 15,000 people on Marco Island were without power for more than seven hours Sunday morning. Violent storm winds Saturday night caused the main transmission line feeding the island to go down, leaving many businesses and homes in the dark.
In 1968 Hamer founded the Freedom Farms Corporation (FFC) a non-profit venture designed to help poor farming families. It also provided social services and grants for education. Fannie Lou Hamer died in Mound Bayou, Mississippi on 14th March 1977.
Hall of Fame slugger Ralph Kiner, long-time Mets broadcaster, dies. Ralph Kiner, the slugging Hall of Fame outfielder who spent more than 50 years as a beloved broadcaster for the New York Mets, died Thursday at his at his home in Rancho Mirage, Calif. He was 91. The six-time All-Star hit 369 home runs during a 10-year career that lasted from 1946 to 1955.