Birthdays:
Martha "Patsy" Jefferson, Auguste Lumiere, John Le Carre', Peter
Tosh, Amy Carter, Jack Anderson, Peter Max, John Lithgow is 71, Robert Reed of
the Brady Bunch, Evander Holyfield, Patricia Ireland, Michael Gambon is 76, John
Favreau is 50, Trey Parker of South Park is 46
1845-
Richard Wagners’ opera Tannhauser premiered.
1945- N.C. Wyeth, artist and father of
Andrew Wyeth was struck and killed by a train.
1964-
Doo Wah Diddy Diddy hit the pop charts.
1968-
RUPERT MURDOCH INVADED ENGLAND. Never mind the Vikings or William the Conqueror,
on this day the little Australian landed at Heathrow to begin a takeover war
for his first English newspaper, the News of the World. Until now the Fleet
Street press barons were a closed club of rich old gentlemen. Murdoch used Sir
Robert Caro as his cover to get in and defeat a hostile takeover bid from
Robert Maxwell. He then demoted Caro out of his leadership of the paper. He
soon bought the London Times. Rupert Murdoch later became a U.S. citizen so he
could build the Fox News and cable TV empires.
1985- Take on Me by Aha hit number one on the
pop charts.
1990-
Kevin Costner’s film Dances With Wolves premiered.
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