ARRGGH, Women Love Butterscotch Pudding

International Talk Like a Pirate Day

National Butterscotch Pudding Day

National Women’s Friendship Day

HISTORICALS:

1995 – The Unibomber’s manifesto was published in the Washington Post. David Kaczynski recognized the writing style and turned in his brother, Ted Kaczynski.

 1973 – Previous member of  the bands The Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, Gram Parsons,  died of a drug overdose. He body was then ‘stolen’ along with a hearse, driven to Joshua Tree National Park and set ablaze.

1957 – The first underground nuclear explosion occurred at the Nevada Test Site.

1955 – Argentinian President Juan Peron was overthrown by a military coup.

1893 – Women were granted the right to vote in New Zealand, the first country in the world to do so.

1881 – Eighty days after being shot, President  Garfield died from blood poisoning. His assassin was caught and hanged in 1882.

BIRTHDAYS

Jimmy Fallon (1974), actor/comedian/talk show host.

Joan Lunden (1951), ex-host of ABC’s Good Morning America.

Leslie Lawson (1946), model/actress who is known by the name Twiggy.

Cass Elliot (1941), member of the folk band Mamas and the Papas.

Paul Williams (1940), singer/songwriter of such ditties as: You and Me Against the World, We’ve Only Just Begun, Rainy Days and Mondays, An Old Fashioned Love Song, Rainbow Connection, Tiptoe Through the Tulips, and MANY more. As an actor you can catch him in Battle for the Planet of the Apes, Smokey and the Bandit and The Muppet Movie, not to mention his many TV series guest starring roles.

David McCallum (1933), actor seen in  The Man From U.N.C.L.E and NCIS.

Rosemary Harris (1930), actress seen in Spider Man, The Boys from Brazil, Is Anybody There?.

Adam West (1929), the original “Batman”.