Birthdays: Martha "Patsy" Jefferson, Auguste Lumiere, Tor Johnson, John Le Carre', Peter Tosh, Amy Carter, Jack Anderson, Peter Max, John Lithgow is 77, Robert Reed of the Brady Bunch, Evander Holyfield, Patricia Ireland, Michael Gambon is 82, John Favreau is 56, Trey Parker of South Park is 52
1845- Richard Wagners’ opera Tannhauser premiered.
1945- Near his Chadd’s Ford home, N.C. Wyeth, artist and father of Andrew Wyeth, was killed by a train that struck his car. His grandson was in the car with him and was also killed. He was 62.
1953 – Arthur Godfrey had one of the more popular TV variety shows at the time. One of his headliners was the singer Julius LaRosa. But Godfrey was seen to act more and more imperiously with his cast and crew. This day after a song, Godfrey put his arm around LaRosa and said gently. "Julie lacks humility, So, Julie, to teach you a lesson, you’re fired." La Rosa and the audience first thought he was kidding, but he wasn’t. He had fired LaRosa live, nationwide on the air.
1957- Montreal Hockey great Maurice Rocket Richard became the first player to score 500 goals.
1964- Doo Wah Diddy Diddy hit the pop charts.
1985- Take on Me by Aha hit number one on the pop charts.
1990- Kevin Costner’s film Dances With Wolves premiered.
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