BIRTHDAYS-Abraham Lincoln and
Charles Darwin are born on the same day in 1809, although an ocean apart;
Austrian Emperor Francis II, Thaddeusz Kosciuszko, Joe Garagiola, Luigi
Boccherini, John L. Lewis, Bill Russell, Franco Zeffirelli, Lorne Greene, Joe
Don Baker, Arsenio Hall, Christina Ricci is 37, Josh Brolin is 49.
1924- RHAPSODY IN BLUE- Band leader Paul Whiteman had commissioned a
rhapsody for Jazz Band from the famous composer George Gershwin. Tonight at a
concert at the Aeolian Hall in New York City it premiered in a long bill of
"Modern Music". Also on the bill was jazz interpretations of
"Yes We have no Bananas" and "Kitten on the Keys." Sergei
Rachmaninoff, Fritz Kriesler, Igor Stravinsky and Leopold Stokowski were in
attendance.
1947- THE BIRTH OF THE 'NEW LOOK'
The Paris fashion show where designer Christian Dior defined the look for women
of the 1950s into the early 60's: Wasp waists, gloves and patent leather
accessories, pleated mid length skirts.
1964- Miles Davis and his band
played Carnegie Hall.
1967- London police arrest Mick
Jagger, Keith Richards and Marianne Faithful for doing drugs and doin’the
nasty.
1976- actor Sal Mineo was killed
outside his car port in West Hollywood. Marilyn Monroe and Shelley Winters once
shared an apartment in the same building. Mineo's murder remained unsolved for
many years and there were rumors that he was done in by a gay acquaintance, but
the killer turned out to be a routine robber who wanted money.
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