Birthdays: Roman Emperor Augustus,
Josephine Bonaparte, Alan Turing, Bob Fosse, James Levine, Dan Ogilvy of Ogilvy
& Mather, Joss Whedon, Dr Alfred Kinsey the sex researcher, Edward VIII,
aka the Duke of Windsor, Selma Blair, Justice Clarence Thomas, Frances
MacDormand is 60
1868- Christopher Latham Scholes
patents the typewriter. In 1873, he sold his patent to the Remington Company
who had made rifles. In 1874 Mark Twain
secretly admitted to a friend that he enjoyed writing on the newfangled
technology.
1944- Franklin Roosevelt's last
fireside chat on the radio.
1976- Work completed on Toronto’s
CN Tower. Called the world’s tallest free-standing structure.
1979- The Knack released the
single My Sharona.
1989- Tim Burton’s film " Batman" opened.
1989- Disney’s Honey I Shrank
the Kids opened with the Roger Rabbit short Tummy Trouble.
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