A quick look at Today in History, check out some Celebrity Birthdays, and find out what Days of the Year to celebrate.
TODAY IN HISTORY:
1806 – James Madison Randolph, the grandson of President Thomas Jefferson, became the first child born in the White House.
1871 – A patent for a cable car system was given to Andrew S. Hallidie.
1900 – Mormon Brigham Roberts was denied a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives for his practicing of polygamy.
1912 – English explorer Robert Falcon Scott reached the South Pole. Norwegian Roald Amundsen had beaten him there by one month. Scott and his party died during the return trip.
1913 – All partner interests in 36 Golden Rule Stores were consolidated and incorporated in Utah into one company. The new corporation was the J.C. Penney Company.
1916 – The Professional Golfers Association was formed in New York, NY.
1928 – The fully automatic, film-developing machine was patented by A.M. Josepho.
1929 – Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by Elzie Segar, first appeared in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
1934 – Ferdinand Porsche submitted a design for a people’s car, a “Volkswagen,” to the new German Reich government.
1949 – “The Goldbergs”, the first sitcom on American television, debuted.
1950 – Eleven thieves stole more than $2 million from the Brinks armored car company’s offices in Boston, MA.
1966 – NBC ordered 32 episodes of “The Monkees” for its upcoming fall television schedule.
1966 – A B-52 carrying four H-bombs collided with a refuelling tanker over Spain. Three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs were released near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea. Seven airmen were killed.
1972 – Highway 51 South in Memphis, TN, was renamed Elvis Presley Blvd.
1975 – First Lake Michigan crossing by a hot air balloon (from Wheeling, IL to South Haven, MI).
1977 – Double murderer Gary Gilmore became the first to be executed in the U.S. in a decade. The firing squad took place at Utah State Prison.
1983 – The tallest department store in the world, Hudson’s flagship store in downtown Detroit, closed due to high cost of operating.
1985 – Leonard Nimoy received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1991 – Operation Desert Storm began early in the morning. Iraq fired 8 scud missles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation.
1994 – The Northridge earthquake rocked Los Angeles, CA, registering 6.7 on the Richter Scale, killing at least 61 people and causing about $20 billion in damage.
1994 – Donny Osmond fought Danny Bonaduce from TV’s “The Partridge Family” in a charity boxing match in Chicago, IL. Bonaduce won a split decision.
1996 – Pink Floyd was officially inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame.
1997 – The movie “Beverly Hills Ninja”, starring Chris Farley, premiered in theaters. It would be the last of his films to be released while he was still alive.
1998 – President Bill Clinton gave his deposition in the Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit against him. He was the first President to testify as a defendant in a criminal or civil lawsuit while in office.
1998 – Matt Drudge broke the story of the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair on his website thedrudgereport.com.
2000 – British pharmaceutical companies Glaxo Wellcome PLC and SmithKline Beecham PLC agreed to a merger that created the world’s largest drug maker.
2006 – The fifth season premiere of TV’s “American Idol” was the show’s highest rated episode ever.
2013 – Former cyclist Lance Armstrong confessed to his doping on “Oprah’s Next Chapter.”
BIRTHDAYS:
Douglas Wilder – 95 years old (1931) – Sergeant and politician, 66th Governor of Virginia
Maury Povich – 87 years old (1939) – Talk show host and producer
Chris Montez – 83 years old (1943) – Singer-songwriter and guitarist
Jane Elliot – 79 years old (1947) – Actress
Luis López Nieves – 76 years old (1950) – Puerto Rican-American author and academic
Jeff Berlin – 73 years old (1953) – Bass player and educator
Carlos Johnson – 73 years old (1953) – Singer and guitarist
Robert F. Kennedy – 72 years old (1954) – Jr. , American environmental lawyer, writer, and conspiracy theorist
Steve Earle – 71 years old (1955) – Singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, author and actor
Steve Javie – 71 years old (1955) – Basketball player and referee
Steve Harvey – 69 years old (1957) – Actor, comedian, television personality and game show host
Ann Nocenti – 69 years old (1957) – Journalist and author
Susanna Hoffs – 67 years old (1959) – Singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
John Crawford – 66 years old (1960) – Singer-songwriter and guitarist
Chili Davis – 66 years old (1960) – Jamaican-American baseball player and coach
Brian Helgeland – 65 years old (1961) – Director, producer, and screenwriter
Jim Carrey – 64 years old (1962) – Canadian-American actor, comedian, and producer
Sebastian Junger – 64 years old (1962) – Journalist and author
Denis O'Hare – 64 years old (1962) – Actor and singer
Michelle Obama – 62 years old (1964) – Lawyer and activist, 44th First Lady of the United States
Joshua Malina – 60 years old (1966) – Actor
Jeremy Roenick – 56 years old (1970) – Ice hockey player and actor
Genndy Tartakovsky – 56 years old (1970) – Russian-American animator, director, and producer
Kid Rock – 55 years old (1971) – Singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
Derrick Mason – 52 years old (1974) – Football player
Freddy Rodriguez – 51 years old (1975) – Actor
Maksim Chmerkovskiy – 46 years old (1980) – Ukrainian-American dancer and choreographer
Zooey Deschanel – 46 years old (1980) – Singer-songwriter and actress
Ray J – 45 years old (1981) – Singer, actor, and television personality
Dwyane Wade – 44 years old (1982) – Basketball player
Dexter Lumis – 42 years old (1984) – Wrestler
Cody Decker – 39 years old (1987) – Baseball player
Earl Clark – 38 years old (1988) – Basketball player
Jonathan Keltz – 38 years old (1988) – Actor
Taylor Jordan – 37 years old (1989) – Baseball player
Kelly Marie Tran – 37 years old (1989) – Actress
Tyler Zeller – 36 years old (1990) – Basketball player
Trevor Bauer – 35 years old (1991) – Baseball player
Willa Fitzgerald – 35 years old (1991) – Actress
Alise Post – 35 years old (1991) – BMX rider
Lucy Boynton – 32 years old (1994) – American-English actress
Indya Moore – 31 years old (1995) – Actor and model
Allonzo Trier – 30 years old (1996) – Basketball player
Jake Paul – 29 years old (1997) – Boxer, actor, rapper, and social media personality
Kyle Tucker – 29 years old (1997) – Baseball player
Isa Briones – 27 years old (1999) – Actor and singer
Ayo Dosunmu – 26 years old (2000) – Basketball player
Samuel – 24 years old (2002) – Singer based in South Korea
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