Birthdays: Roman
Emperor-philosopher Marcus Aurelius, Queen Marie De Medicis, Pasquale Paoli,
John James Audubon, Frederick Law Olmstead, Eugene Delacroix, Syngman Rhee, Dr.
Lee DeForrest, John Grierson founder of the National Film Board of Canada,
Rudolf Hess, Bobby Rydell, Anita Loos, I.M.Pei, Carol Burnett is 81, Eyvind
Earle, Giancarlo Esposito is 58, Kevin James, Amos Otis, Joan Chen is 52, Koo
Stark, Jimmy Giuffre, Rocker Duane Eddy- 73, Jet Li- born Li Lian jie is 51
1965-Fred Smith, a student at
Yale, got his economics paper back with a "c'" and a note stating the
idea he espoused was impractical. The idea was an overnight air-freight service
which he founded six years later as Federal Express.
1969- PAUL IS DEAD. The height of
a strange rumor that excited the rock & roll world that Paul McCartney of
the Beatles had died and the news was being kept a secret. Evidence was
presented in the cryptic lyrics of "I am the Walrus", songs played
backwards and the record album photo where Paul is the only figure with his back
to the camera.
A TV special hosted by attorney F.
Lee Bailey, the Nancy Grace of his day, explored the controversy. Finally, this
day Paul and Linda McCartney held a news conference and declared he was very
much alive and what on Earth was everyone on about?
1986- Arnold Schwarzenegger aka
Conan the Republican, married Maria Shriver, the niece of John F. Kennedy. They
separated in 2011 when he revealed he was sctupping the maid..
1993- NBC announced former Simpsons
and Saturday Night Live comedy writer Conan O’Brien would take David
Letterman’s old Late Show spot.
2004- Michael Eisner of Disney
named to Forbes list of the Worst CEO’s in America.
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