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Today is Day 20 of 2024
Feast day of Saint Sebastian
1889 
Blues singer Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter
was born in Mooringsport, Louisiana.
1894
Cartoonist Harold Gray (Little Orphan
Annie) born in Kankakee, Illinois.
1896
Comedian George Burns born in
New York City.
1920
Italian
director Federico
Fellini (La Dolce
Vita) born in Rimini, Italy.
He said, "All art is
autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster's
autobiography."
1929 
The first full-length talking motion
picture filmed outdoors, In Old Arizona is
released.
1936
King of the
United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India George V dies.
His
eldest son succeeds him becoming Edward VIII.
1946
Film
director David Lynch
(Twin Peaks)
born in Missoula, Montana.
1961
Poet Robert Frost recites
his poem "The Gift
Outright" at President Kennedy's inauguration.
1964
The Beatles released their
first LP album, Meet the Beatles,
in the US.
1975 
Bob Dylan releases Blood on the
Tracks.
1980 
Super Bowl XIV -
Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Los Angeles Rams 31-19 at the Rose Bowl in
Pasadena, California.
1985 
Super Bowl XIX -
San Francisco 49er's beat the Miami Dolphins 38-16 in Stanford,
California.
This Day at the New Yorker
Proverb:
"Those who are born round, can’t die square." ~ Italian Proverb
