Birthdays: Henry III of England,
Giovanni Batista Tiepolo, Explorer Le Sieur de Cadillac the founder of Detroit,
Hector Villa-Lobos, Howard Pyle, William Oughtred 1574- inventor of the Slide
Rule, Red Rosa Luxemburg, Rex Harrison, Dean Stockwell, Paolo Pasolini, Andy
Gibb, Samantha Eggar, Andrej Wajda, Fred Williamson, Penn Gillette is 61, Eva
Mendes is 42, Kevin Connolly is 42
1717- Giovanni Tiepolo joined the
Guild of Saint Lawrence, the artists union in Rome.
1868- Englishman C.H. Gould
patented the first stapler.
1922- F.W. Murnau’s eerie film
Nosferatu premiered in Berlin.
1963- Country star Patsy Cline
died in plane crash near Camden Tenn. Also killed were singers Cowboy Copas and
Hacksaw Hawkins.
1982 - John Belushi died of drug
overdose at Chateau Marmont hotel on Sunset Strip. He had done twenty
heroin-cocaine speedballs in just 24 hours. A woman named Cathy Smith was
charged with administering to him the fatal dose. Robin Williams was with him
that night partying also but left early. Belushi was 31. Someone scrawled on
Belushi’s tombstone:" You could have given us more laughs.....But NNNOOOO!
1995- Vivian Stanstall, lead
singer for the Bonzo Dog Band, died in a fire in his London flat. He had been
smoking in bed.
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