BIRTHDAYS:
1870, George Cormack, the inventor of "Wheaties" cereal

1882, Igor Stravinsky, composer (The Rite of Spring)

1904, Ralph Bellamy

1917, Dean Martin, actor, straight man

1946, Barry Manalow, singer, songwriter

1951, Joe Piscopo, actor, comedian

1954, Mark Linn-Baker, actor

1963, Greg Kinnear, actor


EVENTS:
1579, Sir Francis Drake lands on the coast of California.

1775, British take Bunker Hill outside of Boston.

1885, Statue of Liberty arrives in New York.

1912, German Zeppelin SZ 111 burns in its hanger at Friedrichshafen.

1931, Indochinese Communist Leader Ho Chi Mihn is arrested by The British.

1944, Republic of Iceland proclaimed at Thingvallir, Iceland.

1969, The broadway musical "Old Calcutta" opens using the naked human body for the first time as a stage costume.

1972, The Watergate Break-in. How time flies . . .

1994, O.J. Simpson and Al Cowlings take a slow trip down the Los Angelas freeway

1997, Robert De Niro marries Grace Hightower.

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses.
- Alphone Korr