a beheading and payola is found above the fold. In new technology we have Waterman’s fountain pen. Hardings radio, Carlson’s copier and Reverend Moon’s mass weddings. In Science and Leisure, Maud Slye proves that Cancer isn’t contagious and Kate Chopin’s fiction shocks Victorian Morality. On page six we have Gypsy Rose Lee, along with Lana Turner waiting for the Postman to ring twice.
1587 Mary Queen of Scots is beheaded after being implicated in a murder plot against her cousin. If you enjoy first hand depictions of executions this sites for you
1883 Louis Waterman experiments with a writing device that result in the fountain pen.
1922 President Warren Harding has a radio installed in the White House. He was also the first newspaper publisher to be elected president and the first to ride in a car for his inauguration. However, what he's best remembered for is the Teapot Dome Scandal.
1960 Congress opened hearings on payola (commercial bribery in the record industry). Those accused includes Dick Clark and Allen Freed.
1962 Motown records released Mary Wells first big hit “ The one who really loves you.”
1964 the Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. Also a guest on that show was a boy named Davy Jones from the musical Oliver. He would go on to become one fourth of The Monkees.
1967 The US performs an underground nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. The final atmospheric test took place in July 1962 when people became concerned about the Nuclear mushroom clouds that could be seen 100 miles away in Las Vegas.
1975 1800 Unification church couples' wed in Korea. It was just the beginning of Marriage Moonie Style.
1991 Roger Clemens signs record $5,380,250 per year Red Sox contract. Seventeen years later to the day, Clemens testified behind closed doors to Congress about his alleged use of steroids.
1998 The first female ice hockey game in Olympics history is played as Finland beats Sweden 6-0 in Nagano Japan. For a time there was talk about a women’s professional hockey league after the US team won the Gold. Six books are available from Amazon
Notable Birthdays
1851 Kate Chopin author of The Awakening which was shocking to the Victorian morality of her time.
1879 Maud Slye Cancer researcher. She discredited the theory that Cancer was contagious.
1871 Lucy Minnigerode organized nurses to form the Red Cross and US Public Health Service.
1906 Chester F. Carlson inventor of xerography. Also known as the photocopier, Xerox machine, secretary's best friend...
1911 Elizabeth Bishop poet influenced by Marianne Moore
1911 Anne Aitken [nee Hopkins], Chicago IL, co-founder-Diamond Sangha which helped to bring Buddhism to the West.
1911 Burlesque Queen Gypsy Rose Lee She started out as a Marathon Dancer.
1920 Lana Turner actress whose personal life over shadowed her accomplishments. (The Postman always rings twice)
Quote for Today
The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace. - Kate Chopin
