Birthdays: Roman Emperor Marcus Ulpius Trajan 53AD, Dr
Samuel Johnson, Frankie Avalon, Greta Garbo, Claudette Colbert, Leon Foucault (Foucault's
Pendulum ), Jack Warden, Canadian PM
John Diefenbaker, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson,
Rossano Brazzi, Joe Kubert, Debbie Fields founder of Mrs. Field's
Cookies, Jada Pinkett-Smith, James Gandolfini,
1917- 2017, June Foray would have been 100
today.
1811 A Portuguese
'Projectionist' (experimenter with Magic Lanterns) offers the Duke of
Wellington to burn up Napoleon's army with a series of convex lenses and
mirrors. Wellington says thanks, but no
thanks...
1851-First issue of the New York Daily Times, later just the
New York Times.
1895-
In Davenport Iowa, Daniel David Palmer performed the first chiropractic
adjustment session. Crack!
1917-Writer Aldous Huxley got a job teaching at Eton. One of
his students was Eric Blair, who would write under the name George Orwell.
1927-The Columbia Broadcasting
System-CBS broadcast its first program, an opera called the King’s Henchman.
1932-Frustrated movie actress Peggy Enwhistle jumped off the
Hollywood Sign. In case you are curious she jumped off the “H”. She also didn’t
hit the ground immediately but hit a cactus patch, dying slowly later in great
pain. Ironically in her mail that day
was a script and a job offer. The role was of a woman who commits suicide.
1965- I Dream of Genie
debuted on television. Network Standards & Practices said Barbara Eden
could wear the harem outfit so long as her belly-button didn’t show. At first
the reviews were not good. The Variety TV critic said: “The only thing that stands out in this show is Barbera Edens
cleavage.”
1970- Jimmy Hendrix (27) was found dead of drug and alcohol
abuse. He had passed out and choked on his own vomit. Janis Joplin's reaction
was -"G-ddammit! He beat me to it
!" Joplin herself died three weeks afterwards.
1987- Disney’s TV show Ducktales
premiered.
1991- Comedian Redd Foxx was famous for doing bits like
faking a heart attack. This day on the set of his new series the Royal Family
while joking with Della Reese he clutched his chest and fell over dead.
Everyone thought he was faking and laughed.
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