Interrogatories
Do you have an embarrassing middle name?
What would your parents have named you if you were born the opposite sex?
Are you any good at lying?
Have you ever been on TV?
Can you pinpoint the main thing responsible for the Dumbing Down of America?
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On This Day
In 1939, The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, NY, opened its doors.
In 1942, young Anne Frank was given a diary for her 13th birthday.
In 1963, Medgar Evers, a young civil rights activist, was shot and killed outside his home in Jackson, Missisippi by KKK member Byron De La Beckwith.
In 1964, South African activist Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison.
In 1967, the Supreme Court ruled in Loving v. Virginia that laws against interracial marriage were unconstitutional.
In 1978, David Berkowitz, aka Son of Sam, was given what amounted to a life sentence for 6 murders (365 years).
In 1987, Saint Ronnie of Reagan made his "Tear down this wall" speech, which immediately put an end to the Cold War. ;-)
In 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman were knifed to death outside Simpson's home in the Brentwood neighborhood of West Los Angeles. Her husband, OJ Simpson, was later arrested and charged, but was acquitted.
Born on This Day
1580 - Adriaen van Stalbemt, Flemish painter (d. 1662)
1634 - Giuseppe Recco, Italian still-life painter (d. 1695)
1677 - Jean Raoux, French painter (d. 1734)
1771 – Patrick Gass, American sergeant in the Lewis and Clark Expedition (d. 1870)
1806 – John A. Roebling, German-American engineer, designed the Brooklyn Bridge (d. 1869)
1853 - Merry-Joseph Blondel, French painter born on 25 July 1781
1858 – Henry Scott Tuke, English painter and photographer (d. 1929)
1890 – Egon Schiele, Austrian artist (d. 1918)
1897 – Anthony Eden, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1977)
1903 – Emmett Hardy, American musician (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (d. 1925)
(this was linked on a jazz history site, but I can't be sure he plays on it)
1915 – David Rockefeller, American banker and businessman
1915 - Priscilla Lane, American actress (d. 1995)
1916 – Irwin Allen, American director and producer (d. 1991)
1919 – Uta Hagen, American actress (d. 2004)
1920 – Dave Berg, American cartoonist (d. 2002)
1924 – George H. W. Bush, American politician, 41st President of the United States
1933 – Eddie Adams, American photographer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize (d. 2004)
1934 – Nicole Berger, French actress (d. 1967)
1941 – Chick Corea, American pianist, bandleader, and composer (Return to Forever and Five Peace Band)
1941 – Roy Harper, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, poet, and actor
1941 – Reg Presley, English singer-songwriter (The Troggs) (d. 2013)
1941 – Lucille Roybal-Allard, American politician
1942 – Len Barry, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Dovells)
1949 – John Wetton, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Mogul Thrash, Family, Roxy Music, UK, and Asia)
1951 – Bun E. Carlos, American drummer and archivist (Cheap Trick and Tinted Windows)
1951 – Brad Delp, American singer-songwriter and musician (Boston RTZ, and Beatlejuice) (d. 2007)
1952 – Pete Farndon, English bassist (The Pretenders) (d. 1983)
1953 – Rocky Burnette, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1957 – Timothy Busfield, American actor
1959 – John Linnell, American singer-songwriter and musician (They Might Be Giants)
1961 – Kira Roessler, American singer and bassist (Black Flag and Dos)
1962 – Paul Clark, English musician and writer (The Bolshoi)
1968 – Bobby Sheehan, American bassist and songwriter (Blues Traveler) (d. 1999)
Died on This Day
816 – Pope Leo III (b. 750)
1661 - Jacob-Willemsz Delff II, Dutch artist (b. 1619)
1675 – Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (b. 1634)
1687 - Juriaan van Streek, Dutch painter (b. 1632)
1789 - Jean-Etienne Liotard, Swiss-French painter (b. 1702)
1795 - Johann Christian Brand, Austrian painter (b. 1722)
1818 – Egwale Seyon of Ethiopia (b. unknown)
1900 – Lucretia Peabody Hale, American journalist and author (b. 1820)
1951 - Louis Legrand, French painter (b. 1863)
1957 – Jimmy Dorsey, American musician, composer, and bandleader (The Dorsey Brothers and The California Ramblers) (b. 1904)
1969 – Alexander Deyneka, Ukrainian painter (b. 1899)
1972 - Saul Alinsky, radical ruler (b. 1909)
1983 – Norma Shearer, Canadian-American actress (b. 1902)
2003 – Gregory Peck, American actor (b. 1916)
2012 – Henry Hill, American mobster (b. 1943
Today is
Loving Day
World Day Against Child Labour
National Peanut Butter Cookie Day
Machine Day
Red Rose Day
Open Window Day
National Jerky Day
Crowded Nest Awareness Day