Birthdays: English King Edward VII, Confederate Gen. Ambrose
Powell Hill, Stanford White, Marie Dressler, Ed Wynn, Ann Sexton, Spiro Agnew,
Tommy Dorsey, Dr. Carl Sagan, Whitey Herzog, Dorothy Dandridge, Dr. Herbert
Kalmus the inventor of Technicolor film, Lou Ferrigno is 64, Sisqo
1699- According to Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, this
was the day ship’s doctor Lemuel
Gulliver was shipwrecked on the island of Liliput.
1911-The first Neon sign illuminated.
1964- First "Wizard of Id" comic strip published.
1966- In London Beatle John Lennon went to an art exhibit
and first met a Japanese avant garde photographer named Yoko Ono.
1981- The Screen Actor's Guild under President Ed Asner
votes emergency moneys for striking PATCO air traffic controllers fired by the
former SAG president, now U.S. President, Ronald Reagan.
1979- National Public Radio goes on the air. The first US
national news show with women as anchor reporters. It was also the first news
program in stereo.
2004- The Jones Soda Pop Company
of Seattle announced its new creation – Mashed Potato Flavored Soda. This was
to follow up on their success last year of Roast Turkey and Gravy Soda.
2004- Mozilla-Firefox 1.0 started
up.
2012- Steven Spielberg’s’ film Lincoln with Daniel Day Lewis premiered.
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