Birthdays: Henry III of England,
Giovanni Batista Tiepolo, Explorer Le Sieur de Cadillac the founder of Detroit,
Hector Villa-Lobos, Howard Pyle, William Oughtred 1574- inventor of the Slide
Rule, Red Rosa Luxemburg, Rex Harrison, Dean Stockwell is 78, Paolo Pasolini,
Andy Gibb, Samantha Eggar, Andrej Wajda, Fred Williamson, Penn Gillette is 59,
Eva Mendes is 40, Kevin Connolly is 40
1534- Renaissance painter
Correggio died when after an argument in the cathedral of Parma with his
patrons paid him with sacks of pennies. He grew overheated carrying them all
home and died of a fever at age 45.
1717- Giovanni Tiepolo joined the
Guild of Saint Lawrence, the artists union in Rome.
1868- Englishman C.H. Gould
patented the first stapler.
1922- F.W. Murnau’s eerie film
Nosferatu premiered in Berlin.
1982 - John Belushi died of drug
overdose at Chateau Marmont hotel on Sunset Strip. He had done twenty
heroin-cocaine speedballs in just 24 hours. A woman named Cathy Smith was
charged with administering to him the fatal dose. Robin Williams was with him
that night partying also but left early. Belushi was 31. Someone scrawled on
Belushi’s tombstone:" You could have given us more laughs.....But NNNOOOO!
1995- Vivian Stanstall, lead
singer for the Bonzo Dog Band, died in a fire in his London flat. He had been
smoking in bed.
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