Historical Events
1929 - Jimmy Hatlo's "They'll Do It Every Time" cartoon debuts in SF
1942 - "Woman of the Year," starring Hepburn and Tracy opens at Radio City
1945 - US troops under General Douglas MacArthur enter Manilla
1958 - Clifton R Wharton confirmed as 1st US black foreign minister (Romania)
1967 - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Robert Penn Warren
1971 - Apollo 14, 3rd US manned Moon expedition, lands near Fra Mauro Alan Shepard and Edward Mitchell (Apollo 14) walk on Moon for 4 hrs
Famous Birthdays
1871 - Jovan Ducic, Serb poet (Blue Legends)
1919 - Red Buttons, [Aaron Chwatt], Bronx comedian/actor (Sayonara), born in NYC, New York
1946 - Charlotte Rampling, England, actress (Zardoz, Night Porter, Verdict)
1959 - Jennifer Granholm American Politician
1973 - Laura Espinoza-Watson, Torrance CA, female infielder (Silver Bullets)
1984 - Nate Salley, American football player
Famous Deaths
1888 - Anton Mauve, Dutch painter/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh, dies at 49
1926 - Andre Gedalge, composer, dies at 69
1952 - Reginald Allen, cricketer (uncle of Gubby, Test Aust v Eng 1887), dies
1954 - Vittorio Gnecchi, composer, dies at 77
1957 - Sami Ibrahim Haddad, Lebanese surgeon (b. 1890)
1997 - John Richard Patterson, businessman, dies at 51
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