Birthdays: The last monarch of
Hawaii Queen Lydia Liliuokalani, Yang Tsu Ching leader of the Taiping
Rebellion, Cleveland Amory, Alfred Spaulding 1850, founder of Spaulding sports
equipment, Martha Mitchell, Mark Harmon is 64, Marge Champion is 96, Terry
Bradshaw, Chrysta McAuliffe, Jimmy Connors, Norm Ferguson, Selma Hayek is 48,
Keanu Reeves is 51
1864- "Luki Lock the Door!
The Yankees are coming!" Sherman’s army entered Atlanta.
1924- Harold Lloyd’s comedy short
"Why Worry?" released.
1931-Young new singer Bing Crosby
sang for the first time on CBS radio.
1946- "The Iceman
Cometh" by Eugene O’Neill premiered at the Martin Beck Theater on
Broadway.
1963 - CBS & NBC expand
network news from 15 to 30 minutes. CBS names a new reporter to star in their
broadcast with the title "news anchor"- Walter Cronkite.
1969- The first ATM opened at a
branch of Chemical Bank at Rockville Center, NY.
1973- J.R.R. Tolkein died at age
81. He once said of his trilogy The Lord of the Rings- I should have written
more.
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