Birthdays: Camille Saint Saens, E. Howard Hunt, Jacques
Tati, Alastair Sim, Bruce Catton, Joe Pepitone, cartoonist Mike Peters,
Savannah, John Lennon would be 77, his son Sean Lennon, E. Howard Hunt, Scott
Bakula, Peter Tosh, Charles Rudolph Walgren-the inventor of the modern
Drugstore, Guillermo Del Toro is 52, Tony Schaloub is 64, Pete Doctor is 49.
1855- James Stoddard patents the steam calliope.
1888- The Washington Monument finally opened to the public.
Construction on it was begun in 1840 and discontinued for a decade during the
Civil War. Work was also held up when Protestant workmen refused to use marble
donated by Pope Pius IX.
1938- Eugene O'Neill's play 'The Iceman Cometh' opened.
1951- RKO Pictures asked Marilyn Monroe to please wear
panties while working, She was upsetting the film crew.
1986- People said there would never be more than three
networks. Today the first show of the fourth network, The Fox Network's the
Joan River's Show, premiered. That show didn't last, but future hits like The
Simpson's, Married With Children and the X-Files made Fox a major network within
ten years.
1989- First edition of Penthouse
Magazine in Hebrew. Oy Vey!
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