Birthdays: Pierre L’Enfant- the designer of Washington DC, Jack Warner, Myrna Loy, Sir Arthur Bliss, James Baldwin, Carrol O'Connor, Pete Sampras, Butch Patrick (Eddie Munster), Bill Scott the voice of Bullwinkle, Bob Beamon, Wes Craven, Edward Furlong, Peter O'Toole, Kevin Smith is 53, Joanna Cassidy, Marie Louise Parker is 59
1909- The US issued the first Lincoln head pennies.
1961 - Beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club.
1979- the song Rapper’s Delight by the Sugarhill Gang released by a St. Louis radio station. While not the first song with rapping in it, it brought the idea mainstream. People who did not remember the songs name Rappers Delight would ask “What’s that song that goes “ Hip-hip, the hip-hop hopper to the hiphop..?” So, the musical became known as HipHop.
1985- John Hughes Weird Science opened, with Kelly LeBrock. Two nerdy boys create the perfect woman using this new thing called Computer Graphics.
1991- Hyperion’s “Rover Dangerfield” premiered. Directed by Jim George and Bob Seeley.
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