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 49, Neil Patrick Harris is 45, Courtenay Cox is 54, Helen Hunt is 55
1849- Three months after leaving office President James K. Polk died. The President who fought the War with Mexico to get California and the southwest was a lifelong teetotaler and died of cholera from drinking bad water. Sam Houston, who was one of the great alcoholics of American history, reacted “That’s the natural end of all Water-Drinkers!"
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-Hawpremiered 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.
1999- In San Diego, Nicholas Vitalich was arrested for slapping his wife with a large tuna.
2001- Disney’s Atlantispremiered.
2002- Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones was knighted.
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