Birthdays:
Edgar Degas, Col. Samuel Colt, Charles Mayo of the Mayo Clinic, Vladimir
Mayakovsky, Vicki Carr, Max Fleischer, Lizzie Borden, Ille Nastase, George
McGovern, Brian Harold May of Queen, Atom Egoyan, Anthony Edwards, Campbell
Scott, Benedict Cumberbatch is 41
1717-
George Frederich Handel premiered his suite the Water Music for a procession of
King George II on pleasure boats from Whitehall to Lambeth Palace.
1913 -
Billboard Magazine publishes earliest known "Last Week's 10 Best Sellers
among
Popular
Songs" Malinda's Wedding Day is #1
1932-
writer Daphne du Maurier married General Frederick Browning.
1941 -
British PM Winston Churchill launched his "V for Victory" campaign.
By coincidence the letter "V" in morse code corresponded with the
opening notes of Beethoven ‘s 5th symphony "Dit-Dit-Dit Daaah."
making it the musical theme of the BBC overseas radio service war news. If you
ever lived in England you would know that reversing the two fingers sign is an
insult akin to flashing someone the middle finger.
1957- The
film “ I Was a Teenage Werewolf”
starring Michael Landon premiered.
1966- 50
year old Frank Sinatra married 21 year old Mia Farrow. Frankie’s ex Ava Gardner
commented:” Hah! I always knew Frank would one day wind up in bed with a little
boy. “ Two years later when Mia Farrow was offered the lead role in Roman
Polanski’s film “Rosemary’s Baby”
Frank gave her an ultimatum "Baby, it's either me or your career”. She
took the part and he served her with a divorce papers on the set. Mia got an
Oscar nomination and Frank recorded “Strangers in the Night”.
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