Birthdays: Pierre L’Enfant- the designer of Washington DC, Jack Warner, Myrna Loy, Sir Arthur Bliss, James Baldwin, Carrol O'Connor, Joanna Cassidy is 58, Pete Sampras, Butch Patrick (Eddie Munster), Bill Scott the voice of Bullwinkle, Bob Beamon, Wes Craven, Edward Furlong, Kevin Smith is 49, Peter O'Toole, Marie Louise Parker is 55
1873- The first San Francisco cable car began service. Inventor Arthur Halliday had conceived the idea in 1869 after seeing a horse drawn tram fail to get up a steep hill.
1961 - Beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club.
1962- If you are a fan of the “Marilyn Monroe was done in by the Kennedy’s ” conspiracy theory, a recently unearthed CIA document dated this day mentioned that Marilyn’s bungalow was under electronic surveillance. Also that she kept a “red book” diary. The diary disappeared after her death, two nights from now.
1979- the song Rapper’s Delight by the Sugarhill Gang released. The while not the first song with rapping in it, it brought the idea mainstream. People would did not remember the name Rappers Delight would ask “ Whats that song that goes “ Hip-hip, the hip-hop hopper to the hiphop to hopper….” So the genre became known as HipHop.
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