Birthdays: Edward the Black Prince of England, Rachael Donelson
Jackson- Andy Jackson’s First Lady, Edvard Grieg, Saul Steinburg, Mario Cuomo,
Jim Varney, Wade Boggs, Waylon Jennings, Xaviera Hollander the Happy Hooker,
Jim Belushi, Roger Chiasson, Michael
Barrier, Ice Cube is 48, Neil Patrick Harris is 44, Courtenay Cox is 53, Helen
Hunt is 54
1300- Poet Dante Alighieri got a job as one of the governing
priors of Florence, sort of a city council. We don’t know if it says something
about his abilities at municipal governing, but he was run out of town in 1302.
1945- Judy Garland married director Vincente Minnelli. Lisa
Minnelli was one result.
1951- Comedian Lenny Bruce married a stripper named Honey
Stuart.
1969- The country music comedy TV show Hee-Haw premiered as
a summer replacement for the Smothers Brothers Hour. Hee Haw ran for two years
with high ratings but CBS cancelled the show anyway. This was because CBS chief
Bill Paley disliked country music. CBS
had so many shows like Mayberry RFD, Beverly Hillbillies and Hee Haw, that
insiders joked that CBS stood for the Country Broadcasting System. Hee Haw had
the last laugh, going on to a successful syndication run until 1997.
1977- Everybody Disco! KC and the Sunshine band release “I’m
your Boogie Man”.
1994- Walt Disney’s The Lion King opened.
2001- Disney’s Atlantis premiered.
2002- Mick Jagger of the Rolling
Stones was knighted.
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