Birthdays: French King Louis X The Stubborn 1314, Richard
Cromwell-“ Tumbledown Dick, “ President Rutherford B. Hayes, Frederick
Remington, Jean Millet, Buster Keaton, Englebert Dolfuss, Charlton Heston,
Susan Sarandon is 68, Armand Assante, Damon Runyon, Alvin Tofler author of
Future Shock, Anne Rice, Alicia Silverstone is 38, Christoph Waltz is 58, Liev
Schreiber is 47
1931- Chester Gould's "Dick
Tracy" comic strip debuts.
1943- Actor Clark Gable was
awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal for flying combat missions over Germany.
It was said Gable took these deliberately dangerous missions instead of doing
USO shows out of a death-wish in grief for his wife Carole Lombard, who was
killed in a plane crash.
1950- The first Peanuts comic
strip introducing Charlie Brown’s dog Snoopy.
1957-"Leave it to Beaver'
debuts on CBS.
1971- Janis Joplin was found dead
of a drug overdose at the Landmark Hotel in Hollywood. She was 27. Her song “Me
and Bobby McGee” was as yet unreleased but soon topped the pop charts. Joplin
left a considerable sum in her will for a party for her friends. The invitation
read “ The Drinks are on Pearl” her nickname.
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