Birthdays: Marcus Aurelius, French
Queen Marie De Medicis, Pasquale Paoli, John James Audubon, Frederick Law
Olmstead, Eugene Delacroix, Syngman Rhee, Dr. Lee DeForrest, John Grierson
founder of the National Film Board of Canada, Rudolf Hess, Bobby Rydell, Anita
Loos, I. M. Pei, Carol Burnett is 84, Eyvind Earle, Giancarlo Esposito is 61,
Kevin James, Amos Otis, Joan Chen is 55, Jimmy Giuffre, Rocker Duane Eddy- 77,
Jet Li- born Li Lian jie is 54
1928- Los Angeles City Hall
dedicated.
1965- Fred Smith, a student at
Yale, got his economics paper back with a "c'" and a note stating the
idea he espoused was impractical. The idea was an overnight air-freight service
which he founded six years later as Federal Express.
1969- PAUL IS DEAD. The height of
a strange rumor that excited the rock & roll world that Paul McCartney of
the Beatles had died and the news was being kept a secret. Evidence was
presented in the cryptic lyrics of "I am the Walrus", songs played
backwards and the record album photo where Paul is the only figure with his
back to the camera.
A TV special hosted by attorney F.
Lee Bailey, the Nancy Grace of his day, explored the controversy. Finally, this
day Paul and Linda McCartney held a news conference and declared he was very
much alive and what on Earth was everyone on about?
1977- In New York City, Studio 54,
the mecca of 70’s Disco culture opened.
1986- Arnold Schwarzenegger aka
Conan the Republican, married Maria Shriver, the niece of John F. Kennedy.
1993- NBC announced former
Simpsons and Saturday Night Live comedy writer Conan O’Brien would take David
Letterman’s old Late Show spot.
2004- Michael Eisner of Disney
named to Forbes list of the Worst CEO’s in America.
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