Birthdays: Jacqueline Kennedy,
Richard Rogers, Ibn al’ Arabi- philosopher 1165, Marcel Duchamp, Rudy Vallee.
Sally Struthers Peter Duchin, Vida Blue,
Joe E. Brown, Jim Davis the creator of Garfield, Frank Yankovic the Polka King,
Elizabeth Berkley, Earl Tupper the inventor of Tupperware, Hugo Chavez
1948- In honor of the death of
D.W. Griffith, all Hollywood studios observed three minutes of silence.
1948- The Premiere of that utterly
memorable film " ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN." For you
hardcore film trivia fans this film is the only other time than the original
Tod Browning movie that Bela Lugosi played Count Dracula on film.
1971- Photographer Diane Arbus
probed increasingly darker subject matter, circus freaks, severe birth defects.
This day she committed suicide by swallowing a bottle of sleeping pills, then
slitting her wrists.
1998- In Afghanistan the Taliban
ordered mass destruction of television sets.
They also forbade the Internet, and shaved the heads of their national
soccer team for daring to wear shorts.
1999- Mayor Willie Brown of San
Francisco declared today Marilyn Chambers Day, in honor of the San Francisco
native, and star of classic porn like Behind
the Green Door.
2061- The next predicted
appearance of Halley’s Comet.
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