Birthdays: P.T. Barnum, Beatrix Potter, Mrs. Sarah Siddons,
Jean Cocteau, Admiral David Farragut, Len Lye, George Pompidou, Shirley Knight,
Huey Lewis is 64, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Milburn Stone (Doc on Gunsmoke),
Warren Oates, Henry Cabot Lodge IV, Eva Green is 34, Edie Falco is 51
1943- Betty Grable married bandleader Harry James.
1954- Elvis Presley recorded "That’s All Right" at
Sun Records in Memphis. Some call it the first true Rock & Roll song, but
that is disputed by Bill Haley’s Rock Around the Clock, Ike Turners Delta 88
and many other R&B hits. “That’s All Right” was written by black bluesman
Arthur Big-Boy Crudup, who never profited from the song’s success and died
living in a shack.
1954- Tomoyuki Tanaka announced the beginning of production
on the movie Godzilla.
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