Birthdays: Edgar Degas, Samuel Colt, Charles Mayo of the Mayo Clinic, Bert Kwouk, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Vicki Carr, Max Fleischer, animator Brenda Banks, Lizzie Borden, Ille Nastase, George McGovern, Brian Harold May of Queen, Atom Egoyan, Anthony Edwards, Campbell Scott, Dal McKennon- the voice of Gumby, Ben Franklin in Ben and Me, and Archie in the Archies, Benedict Cumberbatch is 48
1899- “The Newsies Strike” Hundreds of poor children in NYC who survived by selling penny newspapers, banded together and went on strike against William Randolph Hearst and Josef Pulitzers newspaper empires. Despite lots of drama and threatened violence, Hearst and Pulitzer eventually both gave in to their demands.
1900- The first line of the Paris Metro underground dedicated. Ligne 1 Porte Vincennes.
1913 - Billboard Magazine publishes earliest known "Last Week's 10 Best Sellers among
Popular Songs" Malinda's Wedding Day is #1
1932- writer Daphne du Maurier married General Frederick Browning.
1934- The Walt Disney studio signed a deal with the Lionel toy train company to produce a Mickey and Minnie wind up handcar. The sales were so good it actually saved the Lionel company from going bankrupt.
1939 – Dr. Roy P Scholz is the first surgeon to use fiberglass sutures, replacing cat’s intestines and wool thread.
1941 - British PM Winston Churchill launched his "V for Victory" campaign. V in French for Victoire, in Dutch Vrijheid (Liberty). By coincidence the letter "V" in morse code corresponded with the opening notes of Beethoven ‘s 5th symphony "Dit-Dit-Dit Daaah." making it the musical theme of the BBC overseas radio service war news.
1942- Actor Stirling Holloway, who did Disney character voices like Winnie the Pooh, enlisted in the army. He was 37. They didn’t send him to fight, but used him in Special Services raising money and public relations.
1952- Several UFOs appeared on the radar of Washington DC’s National Airport (Today its Reagan Airport). So many alarming reports and phone calls came in, that the Air Force was obliged to hold a news conference to calm public fears. They explained the lights were temperature inversions. Uh, huh…
1957- The film “I Was a Teenage Werewolf” starring Michael Landon premiered.
1966- Frank Sinatra (50) married Mia Farrow (21). Frankie’s ex Ava Gardner commented:” Hah! I always knew Frank would one day wind up in bed with a little boy.” Two years later when Mia Farrow was offered the lead role in Roman Polanski’s film “Rosemary’s Baby” Frank gave her an ultimatum "Baby, it's either me or your career”. She took the part and he served her with a divorce papers on the set. Mia got an Oscar nomination and Frank recorded “Strangers in the Night”.
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