Misc: In 1949 Ed---------- , Jr., actor (St. Elsewhere, Real Genius, Spinal Tap), born. ?

Questions

Who said "Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it"?

Easy! What was described as Unsinkable?

In which year did Bill Haley record Rock around the Clock?

Who was shot by James Earl Ray?

In which year was Martin Luther King shot?