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 52, John Cryer is 52, Ellen Barkin is 63,
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is 90.
1260- Chartres Cathedral completed. Art history teachers
rejoice!
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 exactly alone in his grave. His friend Martin Goesochea's remains
were in with him.
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. It was the language of the graphic system Symbolics.
1962- Walter Cronkite took over the job of anchor at the CBS
Evening News, building a reputation for journalistic integrity almost equaled
to Edward R. Murrow. Nicknamed the Most Trusted Man in America, many credit
Cronkite for breaking the news to America that the U.S. was not going to win
the Vietnam War. President Lyndon Johnson said: If I lost Cronkite then I’ve
lost middle America.” When Cronkite retired, the redoubtable CBS News Division
descent into tabloid stupidity and irrelevance began.
1983- Disney Channel debuted.
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