Birthdays: St. Sergius of Radonez 1314, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Cyrus McCormick, Stevie Wonder, George Braque, Daphne DuMaurier, Joe Louis, Richie Valens, Gil Evans, Beatrice Arthur, Harvey Keitel is 80, Dennis Rodman, Clive Barnes, Burnett “Burny” Mattinson is 86, Steven Colbert is 56
1913- In Saint Petersburg, Igor Sikorsky invented the first airplane toilet. Later he would move to the US and invent the helicopter. Without a toilet though.
1950 - Diner's Club issued its first credit cards.
1956- Actor Montgomery Clift was disfigured in a car crash. He had to have his jaw wired until it could heal.
1965 - Rolling Stones recorded "Satisfaction"
1965- In a DC nightclub, the Ramsey Lewis Trio recorded live “ The In Crowd”, one of the last jazz singles to crossover and become a hit pop song.
1966 - Rolling Stones released "Paint it Black"
1971 - Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane seriously injured in a car accident
1988- Legendary jazz trumpeter Chet Baker “ The Prince of Cool” died when he fell out of a window of an Amsterdam hotel when he got locked out of his room. Heroin and cocaine was found in his room. He was 58.
1992- Police arrest the manager of Comic Book Heaven in Sarasota Florida on seven counts of "displaying materiel harmful to minors", i.e. comic books.
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