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, Cartoonist Neil Adams, Roger Chiasson, Michael Barrier, Ice Cube is 53, Neil Patrick Harris is 49, Courtenay Cox is 58, Helen Hunt is 59
1938- The Fair Labor Standards Act passed.
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 for decades.
1977- Everybody Disco! KC and the Sunshine band release “I’m your Boogie Man”.
1990- Warren Beatty’s movie version of Dick Tracy opened accompanied by the second Roger Rabbit short Roller Coaster Rabbit.
1994- Walt Disney’s The Lion King premiere.
2002- Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones was knighted.
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