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2004 – Oprah Winfrey shocked her audience of 276 people and handed them each keys to a new Pontiac.
1990 – Law and Order, the cop/lawyer drama debuted on NBC. Today, 20 years later, you can see the original or one of its spin-offs somewhere, sometime on television.
1943 – Chaing Kai-Shek was elected president of China.
1936 – 17-year old phenom, “Rapid” Robert Feller struck out 17 batters for the Cleveland Indians. He only allowed 2 hits during the entire game. He also holds the record for ‘winning’ more games than any other Cleveland Indian pitcher. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame the first year he was eligible (1962) one of only two pitchers to do so.
1814 – The words to the poem which would become the National Anthem of the United States of America, The Defence of Fort McHenry or The Star Spangled Banner, were written by Francis Scott Key on this day after the author watched a battle during The War of 1812.
1788 – The first capitol of the US was announced today…drumroll please…and the winner is….NYC.
1980 – Ben Savage, Little Monsters and Boy Meets World actor.
1959 – Fred Silverman, producer of television series such as All in the Family; The Waltons, Charlies Angels; Roots; Shogun and my personal favorite Scooby-Doo.
1944 – Peter Cetera, singer and member of the band Chicago, writing such songs as Where Do We Go From Here?.
1944 – Jacqueline Bisset, British actress seen in such classic films as The Deep; Airport; Bullitt; Casino Royal (she played Miss Goodthighs); Murder on the Orient Express; The Spiral Staircase; Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? among others.
1938 – Judith Martin, author better known as “Miss Manners”
1925 – Mel Torme, singer and songwriter known as “The Velvet Fog”. The Christmas Song is one of my favorites by him…”Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose…”
1916 – Roald Dahl, author of children's books including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Gene Wilder rules as Willie Wonka) and James and the Giant Peach. He also wrote the screenplays to his Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Ian Fleming’s stories Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and You Only Live Twice.
1903 – Claudette Colbert, actress who received and Oscar award for It Happened One Night and nominations for Since You Went Away and Private Worlds.
1860 – John J Pershing, Army General during World War I. He is the only person ever to be promoted to General of the Armies (the highest rank held) in his lifetime. (Trivia fact 2: Service number O-1)
1851 – Walter Reed, physician. As a Major in the US Army he confirmed his theory that Yellow Fever was transmitted by mosquitoes. This created new medical fields of epidemiology and biomedicine. Has several hospitals and clinics, a medal and even a song for him.
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