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HISTORICAL HAPPENINGS:

1975 – President Ford was nearly assassinated by Charles Manson follower Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme.

1972 – Israeli athletes and coaches were taken hostage by Arab terrorists.

1958 – Dr. Zhivago, Boris Pasternak’s novel banned in the Soviet Union, was published in the US

1877 – Crazy Horse, the Sioux chief responsible for the slaughter of the Seventh Cavalry, led by General George Custer, was stabbed during a scuffle with soldiers while imprisoned at Fort Robinson, NE.

1774 – The First Continental Congress was assembled in Philadelphia. This is the beginning of the separation from England.

Peter the Great, Russian Czar, imposed a tax on beards.

  

BIRTHDAYS:

1969 – Dweezil Zappa, Son of musician Frank Zappa and brother of Moon-Unit Zappa. Yes those are really their names. The one thing that I remember seeing Dweezil in was the Molly Ringwald movie, Pretty in Pink. He was not using his musical talent, only his dumb-blond acting talent.

1960 – Cathy Guisewite, the cartoonist who created the comic strip Cathy.

1940 – Raquel Welch, made a fur bikini famous (One Million Years BC, 1966)

1937 – William Devane,yeah, you know him, he usually plays the borderline skeeze-bucket like on Knots Landing, lately, he has been playing a shrink in the sting of Tom Selleck movies featuring the character Jesse Stone.

1934 – Carol Lawrence. Known as a “triple crown” performer pulling her own as an actress, singer and dancer.

1929 – Bob Newhart, is known for his average Bob look at life when performing in his comedy routine and his sitcom characters.

1912 – John Cage. A composer credited with development of modern dance, chance music, non standard use of musical instruments and electronic music.

1905 – Arthur Koestler, writer of fiction, non-fiction and autobiographies and biographies including Arrival and Departure, The Call Girls, The Trial of the Dinosaur.

1897 – Arthur C Neilsen, (at the age of 5, was considered a math genius, lol). Founded the market research company, AC Neilsen Co.

1847 – Jesse James, outlaw and bank robber who terrorized the American west in the late 1800’s.