Here are some interesting birthdays and events from the past that happened on this day... These are just some highlights for me personally.
Hope you're all having an awesome weekend!!
Birthdays
1938 Robert "Evel" Knievel, American motorcycle daredevil (Snake River Canyon), born in Butte, Montana (d. 2007)
1956 Mae Jemison, 1st African American woman in space (STS 47), born in Decatur, Alabama
1962 Mike Judge, Ecuadorian born American cartoonist, born in Guayaquil, Ecuador
1968 Ziggy Marley, Jamaican reggae performer and son of Bob Marley, born in Kingston, Jamaica
1969 Ernie Els, South African golfer (US Open 1994, 97; British Open 2002, 12), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
1969 Wyclef Jean, Haitian-American rapper and singer-songwriter, born in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti
1972 Eminem [Marshall Bruce Mathers III], American rapper and movie star (The Real Slim Shady, Stan and 8 Mile), born in St. Joseph, Missouri
1979 Kimi Räikkönen, Finnish auto racer (F1 World Champion 2007), born in Espoo, Finland
1979 Marcela Bovio, Mexican singer and violinist (Stream of Passion)
Events etc.
1825 1st opera by Franz Liszt, "Don Sanche" premieres in Paris
1831 Felix Mendelssohn's 1st Piano concert in G, premieres
1888 Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie)
1904 Bank of Italy (Bank of America) opens its doors in San Francisco, founded by Amadeo Giannini
1907 Guglielmo Marconi's company begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada and Clifden, Ireland
1933 Albert Einstein arrives in US as a refugee from Nazi Germany
1957 Jailhouse Rock starring Elvis Presley premieres in Memphis, Tennessee
1961 NY Museum of Modern Art hangs Henri Matisse's "Le Bateau" upside-down It wasn't corrected until December 3rd
1963 The Beatles record "I Want to Hold Your Hand" at EMI Studios in London
1967 "Hair" premieres on Broadway
1975 1st Space Shuttle main engine test at National Space Tech Labs, Miss
1990 Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong drops out of school to pursue a career in music
2008 Iran's attempt to create the world's largest sandwich (1,500 metres) fails when crowds eat it before it can be measured
Jean-Claude van Damme turns 60
Evelyn Venable, American model and actress (Columbia Pictures logo), born in Cincinnati, Ohio -1913 (d. 1993)
1926 - Chuck Berry [Charles Andersen], American rock n' roll idol, born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 2017)
Have a happy day folks !