Birthdays: John Calvin, Marcel Proust, James McNeill Whistler, Nicholas Tesla, Carl Orff, Camille Pissarro, Adolphus Busch the founder of Budweiser, George DiChirico, Jacky "Legs" Diamond, Arlo Guthrie, Jake LaMotta, Joe Shuster- one of the creators of Superman, Fred Gywnne, David Brinkley, Arthur Ashe, Camilla Parker Bowles, Jessica Simpson is 42
1040 - Lady Godiva (Godgifu) goes for a ride on horseback in the nude through the streets of Coventry to embarrass her husband, Leofric, the Earl of Mercia, to lower taxes on the poor.
1099- The magical-mystical knight of Spain, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, called El Cid, died at the castle of Valencia.
1873 - French poet Paul Verlaine wounded Arthur Rimbaud in a pistol duel.
1892 - 1st concrete-paved street built in Bellefontaine, Ohio.
1932- In a baseball game against the Philadelphia Athletics, Cleveland Indian pitcher Eddie Rommel perfects the knuckleball pitch.
1941- Jazz great Jelly Roll Morton died at 50 in Los Angeles from complications of asthma.
1950 - "Your Hit Parade" premieres on NBC (later CBS) TV.
1985 - Coca-Cola Co admits New Coke was a big mistake and announced it would resume selling old formula Coke.
1987- The Brave Little Toaster premiered in theaters. Directed by Jerry Rees.
1979 - Chuck Berry sentenced to 4 months for $200,000 in tax evasion. The old rocker said:” It never fails, every ten years I wind up in jail for something.”
1985- “ We Don’t Need Another Evil. “ Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome opened in theaters.
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