Birthdays: The Duke of Marlborough, Pope Clement VII the Medici Fox-1478, Mary Wollenstonecraft Godwin 1759- early feminist writer and mother of Mary Shelley, Alexander Pushkin, Isadora Duncan, Norma Talmadge, Paul Lukas, Dorothea Lange, John Wesley Hardin the shootist, John Wayne, Al Jolson, Jay Silverheels (Tonto), Peter Cushing, Robert Morley, Peggy Lee, Sally Ride, Pam Grier is 76, Helen Bonham Carter is 58, Bobcat Golthwaite is 65, Matt Stone the co-creator of South Park
1897- A novel by a London theatre manager named Abraham “Bram” Stoker appeared in bookstores. It was titled Dracula.
1913- Actors Equity formed.
1933- Jimmy Rogers "the Singing Brakeman", the father of modern country music, died of tuberculosis at age 31. Shortly before his death he recorded a song called "TB Blues".
1962- The Isley Brothers single “Twist & Shout” released.
1967- The Beatles album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band released in the UK.
1969- John Lennon and Yoko Ono have their "Bed-In for Peace" news conference in New York. One of the testiest exchanges was one Lennon had with Lil' Abner cartoonist Al Capp.
1969- Actor Jeffrey Hunter had been in movies like King of Kings and The Longest Day. He was considered first for the role of Captain Kirk in Star Trek. This day he was walking down some stairs in his Van Nuys home when he suffered an intercranial hemorrhage. He fell and fractured his skull. He was taken to Valley Presbyterian Hospital, where he died the next day. He was 42.
1994- Singer Michael Jackson married Elvis’ daughter Lisa Marie Presley in the Dominican Republic. They keep the wedding a secret for six weeks, then divorced 18 months later.
1995- Looney Tunes director Friz Freleng died at age 89.
1995- In a memo to Microsoft, founder Bill Gates declared the Internet the “most important single development” since the personal computer.
2006- The World Premiere of Pixar’s Cars, held at the NASCAR speedway in Charlotte NC.
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