Birthdays: King Edward Ist "Longshanks", John
Wesley the founder of the Methodists, , Wally Wood, Ralph Bellamy, Dean Martin,
Barry Manilow, Joe Piscopo is 64, Newt Gingrich, Martin Bormann, Jason Patric,
Ken Loach, Greg Kinnear is 51, Venus Williams, Thomas Haden Church is 54, Will
Forte is 44
1893- Cracker Jacks invented by RW Reuckheim. Their name
came from Teddy Roosevelt sampling the caramel corn, and exclaimed “These are
Crackerjack!”- popular slang back then for something very good.
1919 - "Barney Google"
cartoon strip, by Billy De Beck, premiered.
1964- The first Universal Studios tram car tour. Carl
Laemmle had been inviting tourists in for a nickel to watch movies be filmed as
early as 1915.
1968- Ohio Express’ single “Yummy, Yummy, Yummy I got love in my Tummy” went gold.
1994- THE WHITE BRONCO CHASE-
Movie actor and Hall of Fame football player O.J. Simpson was wanted for
questioning about the grisly murder of his second wife Nicole Brown Simpson and
her boyfriend Ron Goldman. This day OJ tried to escape. He and his football friend
Al Cowlings led police on a strange slow-speed pursuit for two hours around the
freeways of Los Angeles as the world watched amazed on live television. He
eventually was convinced to surrender. OJ Simpson was acquitted of murder in a
controversial trial, but found guilty in a civil wrongful death suit.
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