Here's a look at 'Today in Rock History' featuring: Gal Gadot is 35. Isiah Thomas is 59. Former NBA star and former NBA coach. He's looking good in "The Last Dance" documentary. Burt Young is 80. He's Rocky's no-good brother-in-law Paulie in the "Rocky" movies. Today in 1803, France sold the United States all of the land from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. The massive real estate deal is known as the Louisiana Purchase. Cost: $15 million. About 4 cents an acre. In 1939, Lou Gehrig, the "Iron Horse", played his 2,130th consecutive game . . . and his last. In 1975, the U.S. officially Lost the Vietnam War, as the South Vietnamese capital, Saigon, fell to the Commies. In 1977, Steve Miller's classic "Jet Airliner" was released. In 2018, "Avengers: Infinity War" claimed the record for the biggest opening of all time, with an opening weekend haul of $258.2 million.
