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 51, Neil Patrick Harris is 47, Courtenay Cox is 56, Helen Hunt is 57
1300- Poet Dante Alighieri got a job as one of the governing priors of Florence, sort of a city council. We don’t know if it says something about his abilities at municipal governing, but he was run out of town in 1302.
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-Haw premiered 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 ban
1994- Walt Disney’s The Lion King opened.
2001- Disney’s Atlantis premiered.
2002- Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones was knighted.
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