Birthdays: English King Edward VII, Hedy Lamarr- born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler,
Confederate Gen. Ambrose Powell Hill, Stanford White, Marie Dressler, Ed Wynn, Ann Sexton, Spiro Agnew, Tommy Dorsey, Dr. Carl Sagan, Whitey Herzog, Dorothy Dandridge, Dr. Herbert Kalmus the inventor of Technicolor, Lou Ferrigno is 72, Sisqo
In ancient Rome, this was the Mundus Patet, The Feast of Mania or Dis, like Pluto a god of the dead. A Temple on the Palatine was built around a large hole that was supposed to go right to the Underworld. Fruits of the first harvest was tossed down as an offering for good fortune. Another root of Halloween. Mania is where we get the word Maniac.
1888- the last victim of Jack the Ripper found. 25-year-old prostitute Mary Reilly. After her murder the Ripper attacks ceased as mysteriously as they had started.
1911-The first Neon sign illuminated.
1928- Anthropologist Margaret Mead arrived in Ta’u, Samoa to begin work on her book “Coming of Age in Samoa” which will have a great effect on how people raise their children.
1964- First "Wizard of Id" comic strip published.
1966- In London, John Lennon went to an art exhibit and first met a Japanese avant-garde artist named Yoko Ono.
1981- The Screen Actor's Guild under President Ed Asner voted emergency moneys for striking PATCO air traffic controllers fired by the former SAG president, now U.S. President, Ronald Reagan.
1979- National Public Radio goes on the air. The first US national news show with women as anchors. It was also the first news program in stereo.
2003- Looney Tunes, Back in Action, directed by Joe Dante, released.
2004- The Jones Soda Pop Company of Seattle announced its new creation – Mashed Potato Flavored Soda. This was to follow up on their success last year of Roast Turkey and Gravy Soda.
2004- Mozilla-Firefox 1.0 started up.
2012- Steven Spielberg’s’ film Lincoln with Daniel Day Lewis premiered.
No comments:
Post a Comment