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, Queen Camilla, Jessica Simpson is 43, Chiwetel Ejiofor is 46.
1588- French philosopher Michel de la Montaigne spent one night in the Bastille prison. The Bordeaux native had arrived in Paris in the midst of the nasty political fight between Huguenots and Catholics and was arrested as a traitor. Queen Mother Catherine de Medicis ordered his prompt release.
1873 - French poet Paul Verlaine wounded Arthur Rimbaud in a pistol duel.
1881 -Jesse James robbed his last bank, The Davis and Sexton Bank of Iowa. Then he changed his name to Mr. Howard and tried to live quietly with his wife Zerelda Mimms in Missouri. He called her “Z”.
1890- Wyoming became a state.
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.
1950 - "Your Hit Parade" premieres on NBC (later CBS) TV.
1976- Another victim of the computer revolution. the last wooden slide rule produced. The K&E company gave it to the Smithsonian.
1985 - Coca-Cola Co admitted 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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