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Today is Day 273 of 2024
1547
Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes (Don Quixote) born.
1907
Gene Autry, “the Singing Cowboy” was born near Tioga, Texas.
1912
Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni (Blow-up) born in Ferrara, Italy.
1931
Swedish film star Anita Ekberg (La Dolce Vita) was born in Malmø, Sweden.
1935
Singer Jerry Lee Lewis (Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On ) born in Ferridy, Louisiana, in 1935.
1982
A national scare began when it was discovered that some bottles of the pain-killer Tylenol on the counter shelves had been tampered with and contained lethal doses of cyanide.
2008
The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 777.68 points, the largest single-day point loss in its history.
This Day at the New Yorker
Proverb:
"You can pull and pull, but you can't milk a bull." ~ English Proverb
