Birthdays: M C Escher, Charles
Gounod, James Montgomery Flagg, Kay Kayser, William Lassell 1799- English
astronomer who discovered Neptune's moon Triton, Richard Boone, Jeanette MacDonald, Key Luke, Isabella
Rosselini, E.G. Marshall, Roger Ebert, Eduard Daladier, Carol Kane, Sammy
Kahn, The Quay Brothers, Paul McCartney
is 75
1898 - 1st amusement pier opens in
Atlantic City, NJ
1913- composer Cole Porter
graduated from Yale.
1959 - 1st telecast transmitted
from England to US.
1967- At the Monterey Pop Rock
festival Jimi Hendrix electrified the audience then finished his set by burning
and smashing his guitar on stage. Until then musicians didn’t behave in such a
way towards their instruments. Ravi Shankar was particularly shocked.
1980 –"We are on a mission from
God." John Landis movie " The Blues Brothers" with Dan Ackroyd
& John Belushi premiered.
2010- Pixar’s Toy Story III
premiered.
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