Birthdays: Copernicus is 541, Luigi Boccherini, Smokey
Robinson, Andre Breton, Lee Marvin, Sir Cedric Hardwicke. Karen Silkwood, Paul
Terry, Paul Krause, Merl Oberon, Amy Tam, John Frankenheimer, Jeff Daniels,
Benicio Del Toro is 47, Hilary Duff is 28
1878- Thomas Edison patented the phonograph.
1913- Crackerjacks start putting toy prizes in every box.
The name Crackerjack for the caramel corn was named for the reaction of Teddy
Roosevelt trying it for the first time- These caramel-corns are Crackerjack!
1944- Writer John Steinbeck asked that his name be taken off
of the credits for the Alfred Hitchcock film version of “Lifeboat”. “In view of the fact that my script for the
picture was distorted in production.”
1954- The prototype Ford Thunderbird auto completed.
1960- Bill Keane's "Family
Circus" cartoon strip debuts.
1968- “ It’s a beautiful day in
the Neighborhood…” Mister Roger’s Neighborhood debuted on National Education
Television, later called PBS. Ordained Presbyterian minister Fred Rogers had
been doing children’s shows similar in Pittsburgh and Canada since the 50’s but
today was the start of his show that would run unchanged for thirty-five years.
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