1909 - Born on June 26th in Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Elvis Presley's manager.
1927 - Entered the United States from the Netherlands illegally when he was 18, always claimed his name was Thomas Andrew Parker and he was a West Virginia native.
1948 - Dubbed a colonel by Gov. Jimmy Davis of Louisiana.
1956 - Became Elvis Presley's manager, shortly after having managed to sell his Sun Records contract to RCA for a then unheard $35,000.