Birthdays: Michel Caravaggio, Georges Clemenceau, Al Kapp, William Paley, Max Schmelling, Frederic Engels, Marcello Mastroianni, Moon Unit Zappa, Ed Sullivan, Sylvia Kristel, John Sayles, Arnold Stang, J.T. Walsh, Seymour Cray, Janeane Garofalo is 58, Mira Sorvino is 55, Hillary Duff is 35, Naomi Watts is 54, Bridgette Bardot is 88
1928- For his birthday, William Paley, son of a cigar manufacturer, was given control of a little radio company called the Columbia Broadcasting System. He turned CBS into a corporate broadcasting giant, and threw his support behind developing television and long playing records.
1960- Ted Williams hit a home run at his last at-bat. Number 521.
1961- Richard Chamberlain made a name for himself by playing the handsome Dr. Kildare on TV, Raymond Massey co-starred.
1961-The Hazel TV show with Shirley Booth premiered.
1961- Tennessee Tuxedo and his Friends Show premiered. Don Adams (Get Smart) did the lead voice.
1967- Speed Racer premiered in the U.S.
1976- Stevie Wonder released his album Songs in the Key of Life.
1987- Star Trek the Next Generation, premiered.
1994- Michael Eisner cancelled plans for a theme park called Disney’s America in Northern Virginia. The idea was dropped after much resistance from local homeowners in Northern Virginia. Many of them were retired Washington D.C. power elites, who didn’t want a huge theme park next to their quiet estates.
1996- The Ambiguously Gay Duo premiered on the Dana Carvey Show. Created by SNL writer Robert Smigel. J.J. Sedelmier created the animation, Steve Carrell and Stephen Colbert did the voices.
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