On this day….
1356 – The Battle of Poitiers was fought between England and France. Edward “the Black Prince” captured France’s King John.
1777 – The Battle of Saratoga was won by American soldiers during the Revolutionary War.
1796 – U.S. President Washington’s farewell address was published.
1876 – Melville R. Bissell patented the carpet sweeper.
1942 – The first advertisement to announce Little Golden Books appeared in Publishers Weekly.
1955 – Eva Marie Saint, Frank Sinatra and Paul Newman starred in the “Producer’s Showcase” presentation of “Our Town” on NBC-TV.
1957 – The U.S. conducted its first underground nuclear test. The test took place in the Nevada desert.
1959 – Nikita Khruschev was not allowed to visit Disneyland due to security reasons. Khrushchev reacted angrily.
1960 – Cuban leader Fidel Castro, in New York to visit the United Nations, checked out of the Shelburne Hotel angrily after a dispute with the management.
1970 – “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” premiered on CBS-TV.
1982 – Scott Fahlman became the first person to use 🙂 in an online message.
1986 – U.S. health officials announced that AZT, though an experimental drug, would be made available to AIDS patients.
1990 – Iraq began confiscating foreign assets of countries that were imposing sanctions against the Iraqi government.
2003 – It was reported that AOL Time Warner was going to drop “AOL” from its name and be known as Time Warner Inc. The company had announced its merger and name change on January 10, 2000.
2014 – The Apple iPhone 6 went on sale.
Birthdays
Billy Ward (Billy Ward and the Dominoes) 1921
Duke Snider 1926
James Lipton 1926 – TV host (“Inside the Actor’s Studio”)
Rosemary Harris 1927 – Actress
Adam West 1928 – Actor (TV: “Batman”)
Ray Danton 1931
Brook Benton 1931
Mike Royko 1932
David McCallum 1933
Brian Epstein 1934
Nick Massi (The Four Seasons) 1935
Al Oerter 1936
Paul Williams 1940
Sylvia Tyson (Ian and Sylvia) 1940
Bill Medley 1940 – Singer (Righteous Brothers)
Joe Morgan 1943 – Baseball player, sportscaster
“Mama” Cass Elliott (The Mamas and Papas) 1943
Randolph Mantooth 1945 – Actor (TV: “Emergency”)
David Bromberg 1945 – Singer
Freda Payne 1945
John Coghlan (Status Quo) 1946
Lol Creme (10cc, Godley & Creme) 1947
Jeremy Irons 1948 – Actor
Leslie “Twiggy” Hornby 1949 – Model
Joan Lunden 1951 – TV personality
Daniel Lanois 1951 – Singer
Nile Rodgers (Chic) 1952
Cheri Oteri 1965 – Actress, comedian (“Saturday Night Live”)
Soledad O’Brien 1966 – Broadcast journalist
Jim Abbott 1967 – Baseball pitcher
Espraronza Griffin (Society of Soul) 1969
Jimmy Fallon 1974 – Talk show host, comedian
Alison Sweeney 1976 – Actress
Danielle Panabaker 1987 – Actress (TV: “The Flash”)