Actress Lizabeth Scott is 86.
Actor Steve Forrest is 84.
Actress Anita Ekberg is 77.
Actor Eddie Barth is 77.
Writer-director Robert Benton is 76.
Singer Jerry Lee Lewis is 73.
Actor Ian McShane is 66.
Jazz musician Jean-Luc Ponty is 66.
Lech Walesa, the former president of Poland, is 65.
Television-film composer Mike Post is 64.
Actress Patricia Hodge is 62.
TV personality Bryant Gumbel […]
0312 - Start of Imperial Indication
0366 - Liberius dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope
0673 - Synod of Hertford opens; canons made for English Church
0768 - Pippin III, the short, King of France, dies at 53
0786 - Al-Hadi, Arabic kalief of Islam (185-86), dies
0787 - 2nd Council of Nicaea […]
It was on this day in history in 1928 that Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. This changed the future for humanity dramatically as people would no longer have to fear the effects of the common cold, the flu or other similar illnesses as penicillin could aid the body in fighting off such illnesses.
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The #1 song in the U.S.A. on this date in history, according to Billboard magazine.
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Louis VIII (King of France) 1187
Louis XIV (King of France) 1638
Johann Christian Bach 1735
Jesse James 1847
Morris Carnovsky 1897
Arthur Charles Nielsen 1897
Florence Eldridge 1901
Darryl F. Zanuck 1902
Arthur Koestler 1905
John Cage 1912
Gail Kubik 1914
Jack Buetel 1917
Jack Valenti 1921
Bob Newhart 1929
Andrian G Nikolayev 1929
Robert Dennard 1932
Carol Lawrence 1935
John Ferguson 1938
William Devane 1939
Clay Regazzoni 1939
Susumu Tonegawa 1939
John Stewart (The […]