Birthdays: Elvis Presley would have been 85, Robert Schumann, Jose Ferrer, Shirley Bassey, Peter Arno, Yvette Mimieux, Larry Storch is 97, John Nierhardt, Bruce Sutter, Charles Osgood, Gen. James Longstreet, publisher Frank Doubleday, Saheed Jafray, Soupy Sales- born Milton Supman, David Bowie, Kim Jong Un, Steven Hawking.
794AD- The great Christian monastery of Lindisfarne was sacked by Vikings.
1705- George Frederich Handel’s first opera Almira opened.
1962- The Mona Lisa traveled to America and went on display today at the National Gallery in Washington. It was loaned in a deal brokered by Jackie Kennedy and French cultural minister Andre Malreaux.
1973- Carly Simon got a gold record for "You’re So Vain".
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