Birthdays: Gary Larson, Erwin "Magic" Johnson, Lina Wertmuller, David Crosby, Alice Ghostly, Buddy Greco, Nehemiah Persoff, The 20's Parisian nightclub singer Bricktop, Dick Lundy, Mark "The Bird" Fidrych, C.S. Watson, James Horner, Wim Wenders, Emmanuele Beart, Halle Berry is 56, Mila Kunis, Steve Martin is 77
1928 - Ben Hecht & Charles McArthur's play" The Front Page," premiered in NYC. They later went on to become top comedy writers in Hollywood after Sound pictures created a need for snappy dialogue. They came out to Hollywood after a mutual friend, writer Herman Mankiewicz sent Ben a telegram, “Hecht, some quick! Fortunes to be made and your competition are idiots!"
1935- President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the National Social Security Act. Considered the most successful US Federal social program ever.
1939 - 1st night game at Comiskey Park -White Sox 5, Browns 2.
1939- Donald Duck Day at the NY World’s Fair.
1956- The Marilyn Monroe movie "Bus Stop" premiered.
1962 - French & Italian workers break through at Mount Blanc to create an auto
Tunnel through the Alps.
1964 –California angels pitcher Bo Belinsky is suspended after attacking sportswriter Braven Dyer.
1965 - Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe" hits #1.
1965- Jane Fonda married director Roger Vadim, who put the beautiful young blonde in naughty movies like Barbarella. His previous wife Bridgette Bardot was a beautiful young blonde that he put in naughty movies….hmm.
1979 – A rainbow was seen in Northern Wales that lasted for 3 hours duration.
1995- Super-agent Michael Ovitz of CAA was named President of the Walt Disney Company under Michael Eisner. After 14 fruitless months he left.
2003- Another blackout shut down the power again in the Northeast, from New York to Toronto to Detroit.
2009- Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo opened in North America.
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