Birthdays: Marc Anthony 82BC, Dr. Albert Schweitzer,
Benedict Arnold, Faye Dunaway is 76, Hal Roach, Richard F. Outcault, Cecil
Beaton, John Dos Passos, Lawrence Kasdan, Guy Williams, Andy Rooney, Julian
Bond, Steven Soderbergh is 54, LL Cool J, Emily Watson is 50
1831- Victor Hugo’s novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame first
published.
1900- Puccini's opera "Tosca" debuts in Rome.
Sixty Five Years Ago- 1952-The NBC "Today" show
debuts with Dave Garroway, Jim Fleming and J. Fred Muggs the chimp.
1954- actress Marilyn Monroe married baseball great Joe
DiMaggio.
1957- Humphrey Bogart died of esophageal cancer at age 57.
When he was buried at Forrest Lawn, wife Lauren Bacall put in with his ashes a
solid gold whistle inscribed with the famous line from "To Have and To
Have Not"- 'If you ever need me, just whistle.'
1964- Hanna & Barbera's ' The Magilla Gorilla' cartoon show.
Fifty Years Ago 1967- HIPPIES! The first “ Human Be-In” in
Golden Gate Park. The Jefferson Airplane and Grateful Dead performed. Allan
Ginsburg, Ram Dass and Timothy Leary spoke. LSD was laced into turkey
sandwiches, and soon the crowd of 30,000 was high. The national media played up the event, and
the rest of America first saw the power of the Hippy youth culture, and heard
the word like “psychedelic” and Timothy Leary saying “ Tune in, Turn on, Drop
out.” It was the prelude to the Summer of Love.
1972- Norman Lear’s hit TV comedy series Sanford & Son
premiered. Starring Red Fox, it was based on the English show Steptoe & Son.
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