Birthdays: Michel de Montaigne, The Marquis de Montcalm, Vasclav Nijinsky, Molly
Picon, Gavin MacCleod, Sir John Tenniel, Bernadette Peters, Bubba Smith, Mario
Andretti, Milton Caniff- the creator of Terry and the Pirates", Ben 'Bugsy'
Siegel, Tommy Tune, Vincente Minelli, Linus Pauling, Dorothy Stratton, John
Tarturro, Jack Abramoff
1882- The first college store opened, COOP, this one
attached to Harvard.
Happy 100th Samuel 'Zero" Mostel 1915-1977
1920 Maurice Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin debuted..
1940- At the Oscars ceremony Hattie McDaniel became the
first black actress to win an Oscar for her supporting role in Gone With The Wind. When the NAACP
criticized her for portraying a stereotyped black mammy, McDaniel snapped:” I’d
rather make $5000 a week playing a maid than $5 a week being a maid!”
1983- The last episode of the television series
M*A*S*H. It was the single most watched
TV episode in history.
2001- Seattle rocked by a 7.0 earthquake. That’ll stir your
Starbucks!
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