Birthdays: Douglas Fairbanks Sr.,
Scatman Crowthers, Rosemary Clooney, Artie Shaw, Alicia de Larrocha, Marvelous
Marvin Hagler, Melissa McBride, Drew Carey is 59, Joan Collins is 84
1701- Captain Kidd was hanged in
London for piracy, robbery and killing a sailor with a bucket. His last letter
was written to try to bribe the judge with his buried treasure. His body was
coated with tar and left hanging in a cage suspended over Execution Wharf on
the Thames for years afterward, as a warning to other would-be pirates.
1785- Ben Franklin invented
bifocal glasses.
1931- In Max Fleischer's Silly Scandals, the girl character first
seen in Dizzy Dishes is first called Betty Boop.
1969- The Who released their rock
opera Tommy.
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