Birthdays:
Martha "Patsy" Jefferson, Auguste Lumiere, John Le Carre', Peter
Tosh, Amy Carter, Jack Anderson, Peter Max, John Lithgow is 72, Robert Reed of
the Brady Bunch, Evander Holyfield, Patricia Ireland, Michael Gambon is 77, John
Favreau is 51, Trey Parker of South Park is 47
1845-
Richard Wagners’ opera Tannhauser premiered.
1945- N.C. Wyeth, artist and father of Andrew Wyeth, was struck and
killed by a train.
1953 –
Arthur Godfrey had one of the more popular TV variety shows at the time. One of
his headliners was the singer Julius LaRosa. But Godfrey was seen to act more
and more imperiously with his cast and crew. This day after a song, Godfrey put
his arm around LaRosa and said gently. "Julie lacks humility, So, Julie,
to teach you a lesson, you’re fired!" La Rosa and the audience first
thought he was kidding but he wasn’t. He had fired LaRosa live, nationwide on
the air.
1964- Doo Wah Diddy Diddy hit the pop charts.
1985- Take on Me by Aha hit number one on the
pop charts.
1990-
Kevin Costner’s film Dances With Wolves
premiered.
1998- Website ClubLove.com published nude photos of
conservative radio personality Dr. Laura Schlesinger. She denied the photos
were of her, then sued the website for copyright infringement.
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