BIRTHDAYS:
1883, Douglas Fairbanks, first & greatest of Hollywood's swashbucklers.

1910, Artie Shaw, band leader and husband

1933, Joan Collins, actress

1958, Drew Carey, actor, game show host

1974, Ken Jennings, game show host

1974, Jewel Kilcher, singer "Jewel"


EVENTS:
1898, First Phillipine Expeditionary Troops sail from San Francisco.

1908, Dirigible (a blimp) explodes over San Francisco Bay, 16 passengers fall, none die.

1921, "Shuffle Along," the first black musical comedy, opens in New York City.

1934, Notorious criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are shot to death by Texas and Louisiana state police near Sailes, Louisiana.

1953, The first "Cliff's Notes" appear in schools.

It makes no difference if I burn my bridges behind me - I never retreat.
- Fiorello LaGuardia, New York City mayor (1882-1947)