International Jazz Day- I don't particularly like jazz, I presume it is because it is too...everywhere. I like music that stays within a set of boundaries. Hmm, funny I never thought about that before...
- 2004, The WWII Memorial was dedicated in Washington DC.
- 1979, DEATH, Mary Pickford, actress/studio owner.
- 1975, BIRTH, Melanie Janine Brown,Spice Girls-Scary Spice.
- 1963, BIRTH, Lisa Welchel, actress from “Facts ofLife”.
- 1956, BIRTH, LaToya Jackson, singer, sister of Michael Jackson and The Jackson Five.
- 1950, St Roch arrived in Halifax, NovaScotia, to become the first ship to circumnavigate North America.
- 1942, Sir Edmund Hillary waved to the world from the top of Mt. Everest, the first man to do so.
- 1942, White Christmas by Bing Crosby became the biggest selling record (at that time).
- 1939, BIRTH, Annette Benning, actress, Love Affair, An American President.
- 1919, Einstein’s Theory of Relativity was confirmed by Arthur Eddington observing the shift of star positions during a solar eclipse.
- 1917, BIRTH, John F Kennedy, 35th President of USA
- 1903, BIRTH, Bob Hope, comedian/actor, “Road to…” movies.
- 1849, Abraham Lincoln said: “You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.”
- 1848, Wisconsin became the 30 US State.
- 1790, Rhode Island was admitted as the 13th US State.
- 1736, BIRTH, Patrick Henry, orator, “Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death”.
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