birthdays: King John II “The good” of France (1319),
Elisabeth Vignee-Lebrun, Wilbur Wright, Charlie Chaplin, J.P. Morgan, Kingsley
Amis, Anatole France, Henry Mancini, Peter Ustinov, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bobby
Vinton, Spike Milligan, John Halas, Edie Adams, Hans Sloane, Disney artist
Victor Haboush, Martin Lawrence is 51, John Cryer is 51, Ellen Barkin is 62,
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is 89.
1787- What some consider the first professionally produced
American play- Royall Tyler’s the Contrast- debuted at New York City’s John
Street Theater. It was a comedy that poked fun at aristocracy. Gen. George
Washington was in the audience. At this time the Broadway theater district and
Times Square was a quiet forest clearing.
1828- Spanish artist Francisco Goya died at 82 in Bordeaux,
France. Years later when his remains were moved to Madrid it was discovered
Goya wasn't alone in his grave. His friend Martin Goesochea's remains were in
with him. Maybe there was a two-for-one sale..
1926- The Book-Of-The-Month-Club distributed it’s first
selection-Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner.
1935- Fibber McGee and Molly debut on radio.
1947- The Zoom Lens patented.
1959- John McCarthy of MIT invented the computer language
LISP.
1983- Disney Channel debuted.
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