National Punch Day
1975 – Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell debuted on NBC featuring a new Scottish band called The Bay City Rollers.
1973 – Battle of the Sexes is played out on the tennis court between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. “Women Won”.
1946 – The First Cannes Film Festival opened in Cannes, France.
1519 – Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Spain in search of the western sea. Two months later, he wept at the sight of the Pacific Ocean.
BIRTHDAYS:
Kristen Johnston (1967), actress known for her role in 3rd Rock from the Sun.
Crispin Glover (1964), actor who is best known as George McFly in Back to the Future.
Gary Cole (1957), actor who brought Mr. Brady to the big screen.
Guy LaFleur (1951), NHL Hockey Player
Sophia Loren (1934), actress. See her in Quo Vadis, Two Women, Houseboat and Grumpier Old Men.
Joyce Bauer (1928), psychologist known as Dr. Joyce Brothers. First brought to the forefront when she won The $64,000 Question in 1955. And has brought psychology out of the closet by appearing in dozens of TV shows.
Upton Sinclair (1878), writer of novels featuring Lanny Budd including World’s End, The Presidential Agent and The Return of Lanny Budd. Oh, yeah, he also wrote The Jungle and The Gnomobile.
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