Birthdays: Roman Emperor Diocletian 245AD, Josef Stalin-
real name Jozef Djugashvili, James Oglethorpe the founder of the State of
Georgia, Jean Racine, Giacomo Puccini, Connie Mack, J. Arthur Rank, Ladybird
Johnson, Deems Taylor, Jean Michel Basquiat, Barbara Billingsley, Peggy
Ashcroft, Emil Sitka, Gene Rayburn, Hector Elizondo, Diane Sawyer, Robin Gibb
& Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees, Ralph Fiennes is 52.
1808-DA-DA-DA- DUMMMM- Beethoven premiered his 5th
Symphony.
1882- Thomas Edison introduced the string of electric
Christmas Tree lights replacing candles.
1940- Nathaniel West, novelist author of Day of the Locust
and Miss Lonelyhearts, was killed in a car crash in L.A.
1964- In Chicago Comedian Lenny Bruce was sentenced to four
months in prison on obscenity charges. When the arresting officer read aloud
his jokes, the jury laughed out loud. Lenny complained about the policeman’s
delivery. After Lenny Bruce no one has ever again been convicted in the U.S.
for telling jokes.
2000- The Cohen Bros. Depression Era comedy Oh Brother Where
Art Thou? Opened.
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