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 is 77, Jake LaMotta, Joe Shuster- one of the creators of Superman, Fred Gywnne, David Brinkley, Arthur Ashe, Queen Camilla, Jessica Simpson is 44, Chiwetel Ejiofor is 47.
1040 - Lady Godiva (Godgifu) goes for a ride in the nude on her trusty horse Aethenoth through the streets of Coventry to embarrass her husband, Leofric, the Earl of Mercia, to lower taxes on the poor. Aethenoth translates as Noble Audacity.
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.
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.
1941- Jazz great Jelly Roll Morton died at 50 in Los Angeles from complications of asthma. He liked to call himself the inventor of jazz. As debatable as that claim was, he was one of the first musicians to develop a personal solo style distinct from the rest of his band. Legend is his mother practiced voodoo in New Orleans, and she told him the reason for his fame and fortune was because she had pledged his soul to the Devil. He spent his last hours in a panic with his wife Mabel anointing his head with Holy oil.
1950 - "Your Hit Parade" premieres on NBC (later CBS) TV.
1976- 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 environmental group Greenpeace first called attention to themselves by a large ship called the Rainbow Warrior used to enter atomic tests sites to protest. This day in Auckland Harbor, The Rainbow Warrior was sunk by a bomb placed on her hull by French commandos. The blast killed a photographer. Rainbow Warrior had been in the Pacific to protest France’s nuclear testing there. The Government of New Zealand determined the French were responsible. In the ensuing scandal the French Defense minister resigned and the commandos went to jail.
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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