Birthdays: Gouverner Morris, Zane Grey, James G. Blaine,
Franz Schubert, Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, Sir John Profumo, Phillip Glass, Johnny
Rotten, Ernie Banks, Norman Mailer, Nolan Ryan, Susanne Pleshette, Anthony
LaPaglia, Tallulah Bankhead, Jean Simmons, Justin Timberlake is 34, Portia
DiRossi, Minnie Driver is 45, Carol Channing is 94.
1954- Howard Armstrong, the inventor of FM Radio, driven to
despair by constant lawsuits with RCA Corporation over his patents, jumped to
his death out of a hotel window. He first put on his hat, overcoat and gloves
because he didn't want to be cold...(?) Armstrong loved heights and used to
climb hundreds of feet in the air to meditate on top of his radio antennas. By
1977 his family won all the lawsuits. Today, most radio, television and air
traffic communications are by FM band.
1978- Polish director Roman Polanski fled the U.S. for exile
after being charged for having sex with a thirteen year old girl in Jack
Nicholson’s house.
1989- Michael Jackson’s sister LaToya Jackson posed nude for
Playboy.
1999- The first episode of Seth
McFarlane’s show Family Guy premiered.
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