June 29, 2023
QUOTE
Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
--Gary Busey
BIRTHDAYS
1919 – Slim Pickens, Actor and cowboy
1944 – Gary Busey, Actor
1948 – Fred Grandy, Actor and politician
IN MEMORY
1967 – Jayne Mansfield, Actress
1979 – Lowell George, Singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
2002 – Rosemary Clooney, singer and actress
2003 – Katharine Hepburn, Actress
2020 – Carl Reiner, Actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
IN ON THIS DAY
1613 – The Globe Theatre in London, built by William Shakespeare’s playing company, burns to the ground.
1927 – The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
1956 – The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
1974 – Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet.
1995 – Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.