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Today is Day 35 of 2024
1789
George
Washington is unanimously elected the first President of the United
States by the
Electoral College.
1818
San
Francisco eccentric Joshua Abraham
Norton born in London.
After moving to San Francisco, he
proclaimed himself 'Norton I, Emperor of the United States and
Protector of Mexico'.
1881
French
cubist painter Fernand Léger
born in Argentan, Orne, France.
1895
English
character actor Nigel
Bruce born in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.
Cinemas
definitive Dr.
Watson in many Sherlock Holmes movies.
1902
Aviator Charles
Lindbergh - the first person to fly the Atlantic- born in Detroit,
Michigan.
1913
Civil rights
activist Rosa Parks
is born in Tuskegee, Alabama.
1918
Actress and
film director Ida
Lupino (The_Hitch-Hiker)
born in London, England.
The first talking movie released The Jazz
Singer starring Al
Jolson.
1932
Author Robert Coover (The Public
Burning) born in Charles City, Iowa.
III Winter
Olympics open in Lake Placid, New York.
1940
Film director George A. Romero
(Night of
the Living Dead) born in New York City.
1968
Insipiration
for the Beat writers, Neal Cassady,
collapses & dies along the railroad tracks in San Miguel De Allende,
Mexico.
1974
19-year-old
heiress to publisher William Randolph Hearst, Patty Hearst is
kidnapped in Berkeley, California by the Symbionese
Liberation Army.
1976 
XII Winter
Olympics open in Innsbruck, Austria.
1983
Singer/drummer Karen
Carpenter dies of heart failure brought on by anorexia
nervosa.
2007
Super Bowl XLI -
Indianapolis Colts beat the Chicago Bears 29-17 in Miami.
2018
Super Bowl LII -
Philadelphia Eagles beat the New England Patriots 41 to 33 at
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
This Day at the New Yorker
Proverb:
“One stone, two birds.” – Japanese Proverb
