On this day in...
1189 – Richard I "the Lionheart" is crowned King of England.
1785 – The dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.
1854 – In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party is held.
1885 – Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies. The patient is Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
1933 – The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League defeats the National League 4–2.
1942 – Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
1957 – John Lennon meets Paul McCartney at a fete in Woolton.
Births
1747 – John Paul Jones, American naval commander (d. 1792)
1921 – Nancy Reagan, First Lady of the United States
1925 – Merv Griffin, American television show host (d. 2007)
1937 – Ned Beatty, American actor
1946 – George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States
1946 – Sylvester Stallone, American actor
1966 – Brian Posehn, American actor
1975 – 50 Cent, American rapper
1978 – Tamera Mowry, American actress
1978 – Tia Mowry, American actress
1980 – Pau Gasol, Spanish basketball player
Great list of birthdays with a naval commander, a former first lady, a television whiz, a gigantic comedian, a rap star, the stars of 'Sister Sister,' a Laker big man and quite possibly the best two-fer ever with Stallone and Bush. I'd like to see them together in an action movie, like Judge Dredd 2: Judge Dredd Meets The Decider. But today I'm highlighting Ned Beatty who played Dan's father on 'Roseanne' and Rudy's dad in 'Rudy' but is best remembered for being raped in 'Deliverance.' Here's Burt Reynolds discussing just that.
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Burt Reynolds | ||||
| ||||
No comments:
Post a Comment