Birthdays: King Manuel Ist of
Portugal –1495, Walt Whitman, Fred Allen, Don Ameche, Prince Ranier, Dr. Norman
Vincent Peale, Ranier Fassbinder, Brooke Shields, Joe Namath, Richie Valens,
John Kemeny-the co-creator of BASIC, Tom Berenger, Denholm Elliot, Peter
Yarrow, Lea Thompson, John Bonzo Bonham of Led Zepplin, Colin Ferrell is 38,
Clint Eastwood is 84
1928- The song “ Old Man River
“sung by Pail Robeson came out as a single.
1958 - Dick Dale invents
"surf music" with "Let's Go Trippin".
1969- John Lennon and Yoko Ono record "Give Peace a
Chance." It became the theme song of the Anti-Vietnam War movement.
Because of this song and Lennon’s support of the Hippie protesters the Nixon
White House kept a file on him. Lennon spent most of 1972-73 under a constant
threat of 60-day deportation from the US.
1984- Martial arts movie star
Steven Segal married soap opera star Adrienne LaRussa. But what Adrienne didn’t
know was he already had a wife named Miyako Fujetani and two kids waiting for
him in Japan. A few months after this he fell for another actress named Kelly
LeBrock.
1985- John Sculley was a former
exec from Pepsi brought in by Apple Computer founders Steve Jobs and Steve
Wozniak to help run the company. This day his solution to help the company run
better was to fire Steve Jobs. Wozniak retired and Sculley eventually moved on.
Before his death, Steve Jobs came back to Apple and make it the worlds most
profitable company, as well as run PIXAR and be on the board of the Walt Disney
Company.
1989- "Skinhead Day at the
Magic Kingdom" Disneyland refused to admit a rally of skinheads, Nazis and
Klansmen.
1990- Television sitcom Seinfeld
premiered based on a TV special about the standup comedian called the Seinfeld
Chronicles. No Soup for You!
2000- The first Survivor show
premiered, shepherding in a new era in America of TV Reality shows.
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