Birthdays: Robert F. Kennedy, Joe
Biden, Maya Plisetskaya, Gene Tierney, Dick Smothers, Bo Derek is 62, Sean
Young is 52, Richard Dawson, Estelle Parsons, Barbera Hendricks, Duane Allman,
Chester Gould the creator of Dick Tracy, Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis the
first baseball commissioner, Alastair Cooke, Ming Na -the voice of Mulan
1894- Prince Ananias premiered, the first operetta of Victor Herbert.
1912- Carl Warr walked into Los Angeles
City Hall with 60 sticks of dynamite strapped to him. As Police grab him, he
set off his detonator. But nothing happened. He then begged police to kill him.
Warr was sensationalized in the press as The Mad Bomber.
1947- The longest running
television show in history- Meet the
Press, premiered. And it is still on today.
1998-
Several state governments and the US tobacco industry reach a landmark
settlement arising from lawsuits over smoking illnesses. The trial also killed
off once and for all ads featuring The Marlboro Cowboy and Joe Camel, a cartoon
character that at one point was as recognizable to children as Donald Duck.
1998-
Pixar’s film A Bugs Life was
generally released.
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