Birthdays: Lyman Frank Baum, Claudio Monteverdi, Richard
Avedon, James Mason, Joseph Cotten, George Brett, Jasper Johns, Anna Maria
Alberghetti, Jean Renoir, Richard Daley Sr., Trini Lopez, Charles Lamont, director of Abbott & Costello Go to
Mars, country singer Eddy Arnold, Chaz Palmintieri is 64, Lainie Kazan
is 76, Disney story artist Joe Grant
1874- Mexican Bandito Turbico Vasquez hanged. His last words
were “Pronto!” The wild hills north of Newhall California where he hid out are
today named in his honor-Vasquez Rocks. They are the site of numerous film
shoots like original Star Trek episodes.
1903- While on a tour of Yosemite, President Teddy Roosevelt
slipped away from his entourage to camp out alone under the stars with
naturalist John Muir.
1942- The U.S. initiated a program of wartime gas rationing.
Slogans like “Is this Trip Really Necessary?” and a system of ratings vehicles
with A, B & C cards pop up in a lot of gas stations for the duration. C
meant a war-essential worker and you went to the head of the line to get gas. A
cards was the lowest status.
1946- The first Tommy’s Burger stand opened in Los Angeles.
1963 - Peter, Paul & Mary win
their first Grammy for “ If I Had a Hammer”.
1967- Paul McCartney first met his first wife Linda Eastman.
1968 - Paul McCartney & John
Lennon appear on the Johnny Carson Show to promote
Apple records, Joe Garagiola is
substitute host.
1970 – The Beatles' last album,
"Let It Be," is released in US
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