Birthdays: Martha Washington, Alexander Pope, Berkeley Breathed, Al Hirschfeld, Al Martinez, Jean-Paul Sartre, Judy Holliday, Benazir Bhutto, Jane Russell, Mariette Hartley, Bernie Koppel, Rick Sutcliffe, Maureen Stapleton, Joe Flagherty, Juliet Lewis, Tony Scott, Chris Pratt is 42, Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge is 39.
1907 - E W Scripps founded United Press Agency.
1939- Eugene O’Neill’s wife Carlotta wrote in her diary- “Gene kept me up all night talking about his outline for a new play about his family”- The Long Days Journey into Night. It took him two years to write, and it almost killed him.
1947- To silence a jeering crowd of racists at a Brooklyn Dodgers-Cincinnati game, Kentucky native PeeWee Reese put his arm around Jackie Robinson.
1948- Columbia Records introduced the 33 1/3-rpm long playing record, the LP. RCA and David Sarnoff tried to compete with the 45-rpm record, but all it was good for was singles. The 33 1/3 dominated recording until replaced by the Compact Disc in the 1980’s.
1965- The Byrds release record Hey Mr. Tambourine Man.
1978 - Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice's musical "Evita," premieres in London.
1988- Who Framed Roger Rabbit? premiered at Radio City Music Hall. It opened generally three days later.
1996- Walt Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame released generally.
1998- Paleontologists in Canada announced the discovery of the largest Tyrannosaurus turd ever found. The search intensified for a T-Rex with a relaxed look on his face.
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