Historical Events
1941 - Maxwell Anderson's "Candle in the Wind" premieres in NYC
1956 - France intercept Moroccan plane, arrest Ben Bella
1979 - "One Mo' Time" with Vernel Bagners premieres in NYC
1979 - Walt Disney World's 100-millionth guest
1988 - Elton John sells out Madison Square Garden for a record 26th time
1997 - NY Ranger Wayne Gretsky wife Janet is knocked unconcious and gets 2 stitches while watching the game as a plexiglass falls on her
Famous Birthdays
1883 - Viktor Jacobi, composer
1920 - Timothy Leary, Harvard prof (LSD taker)
1945 - Leslie West, [Weinstein] rocker (Mountain-Mississippi Queen)
1947 - Haley Barbour, American politician, governor of Mississippi
1971 - Amanda Coetzer, Hoopstad South Africa, tennis star (1996 Aust semi)
1978 - Chaswe Nsofwa, Zambian footballer (d. 2007)
Famous Deaths
1918 - Myrtle Gonzalez, American film and stage actress (b. 1891)
1943 - Josef Venantius von Woss, composer, dies at 80
1984 - Harold Laurence Walters, composer, dies at 66
1984 - Napoleon Whiting, actor (Silas-Big Valley), dies at 75
1992 - Red Barber, sportscaster (Dodgers, Yankees), dies at 84
1995 - Ralph Whitlock, English writer, dies at 81
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