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Today is Day 12 of 2024
1628
French writer of fairy tales Charles Perrault
(Cinderella) born
in Paris.
1856
Artist John Singer
Sargant born in Florence, Italy.
1876
Author Jack London (Call of the
Wild) born in San Francisco.
1904
Blues singer and songwriter Mississippi
Fred McDowell born in Rossville, Tennessee
1905
Country western singer and movie star Tex Ritter born in
Murvaul, Texas.
1910
Character actress and comedian Patsy Kelly (Queen
of Wisecracks) born in Brooklyn, New York.
After her film career, she
became a lifelong friend and personal assistant of Tallulah
Bankhead.
1937
Actress Shirley Eaton born
in London England.
Best known for her role as the Bond golden girl
in the 1964 movie Goldfinger.
1941
British blues pioneer Long John Baldry
born in London.
1949
Writer Haruki Murakami
(The
Wind-up Bird Chronicles) born in Kyoto, Japan.
1951
Radio personality Rush Limbaugh born
in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
1966
Premiere on television of Batman on
ABC.
1967
Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically
preserved with intent of future reanimation.
1969
British rock band Led Zeppelin
released their first record album, Led
Zeppelin.
Super Bowl III -
Jets beat the Colts 16-7 in the Orange Bowl in Miami.
1971
Television comedy All in the
Family premieres on CBS.
1975
Super Bowl IX - Steelers beat the Vikings 16-6 in Tulane Stadium in
New Orleans.
1992 
Über computer HAL 9000 becomes
operational (2001: A
Space Odyssey).
This Day at the New Yorker
Proverb:
"Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear, or a fool from any direction." ~ Cowboy Proverb
