Here is me talking about some stuff.
Some events from today in history.
1896 – In England, Guglielmo Marconi filed British Patent number 12039, the first radio patent. He had succeeded the previous year in sending longwave radio signals over a distance of about two kilometres. And in 1897, Marconi formed a wirless telegraphy company to develop its commercial applications. In 1901, Marconi succeeded in sending the letter ‘S’ across the Atlantic from Cornwall, England to a receiving station in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
1975 – Baseball’s Billy Martin appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated, 19 years after his April 23, 1956 cover debut in the same publication. It set the record for length of time between covers on the same subject.
1977 – The U.S. state of New Jersey legalized casino gambling in Atlantic City.
1985 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar became the all-time leading point scorer in the National Basketball Association playoffs. He rang up a total of 4,458 points, smashing the previous record held by Jerry West, also of the Los Angeles Lakers.
2003 – The U.S. FCC eased media ownership rules and allowed companies to own both a newspaper and a broadcast station in the same market.
Birthdays
1740 – Marquis de Sade (Comte Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade)
author: Justine; died Dec 2, 1814
1773 – John Randolph
Virginia statesman and early advocate of the states’ rights: U.S. representative and senator; died May 24, 1833
1835 – Saint Pius X (Giuseppe Melchiorre Sato)
257th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church; died Aug 20, 1914
1840 – Thomas Hardy
writer, poet: related the “…tragedy of 19th-century humanity.â€; died Jan 11th 1928
1857 – Sir Edward Elgar
composer: Pomp and Circumstance; died Feb 23, 1934
1904 – Johnny (Peter John) Weissmuller
swimmer, actor; died Jan 20, 1984; see Tarzan Day [above]
1908 – Ben Grauer
radio actor, announcer: NBC radio: Ben Grauer’s Americana; died May 31, 1977
1917 – Max Showalter
actor: With a Song in My Heart, Bus Stop, It Happened to Jane, The Music Man, Sixteen Candles, Racing with the Moon; died July 30, 2000
1920 – Tex Schramm
Pro Football Hall of Famer: president and GM of Dallas Cowboys, and a major player in the AFL-NFL merger of 1966, he promoted the six-division, wild-card playoff concepts for merged NFL; died July 15, 2003
1924 – Carl Butler
country entertainer, songwriter: Don’t Let Me Cross Over, I Never Got Over You, Loving Arms, Just Thought I’d Let You Know; died Sep 4, 1992
1926 – Milo O’Shea
actor: The Playboys, Only the Lonely, Broken Vows, The Purple Rose of Cairo, The Verdict, Sacco & Vanzetti, Paddy, Barbarella, Ulysses; died Apr 2, 2013
1932 – Sammy Turner (Samuel Black)
singer: Lavender-Blue [Dilly Dilly], Always, Paradise; LPs: Lavender Blue Moods, Soul of Jesus Christ Superstar
1933 – Jerry (Dean) Lumpe
baseball: NY Yankees [World Series: 1957, 1958], KC Athletics, Detroit Tigers [all-star: 1964]; died Aug 16, 2014
1937 – Sally Kellerman
actress: M*A*S*H, The Boston Strangler, Brewster McCloud, Fatal Attraction, Meatballs III, Murder Among Friends, Boris and Natasha, Columbo: Ashes to Ashes
1939 – Charles Miller
musician: saxophone, clarinet: group: War: LPs: All Day Music, The World is a Ghetto, Why Can’t We be Friends?; died Jun 14, 1980
1940 – Jim (James William) Maloney
baseball: pitcher: Cincinnati Reds [World Series: 1961/all-star: 1965], California Angels
1941 – (Walter) Stacy Keach Jr.
actor: Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer, Conduct Unbecoming, Sunset Grill, Texas, Road Games, The Long Riders, Brewster McCloud; narrator: Plague Fighters, Olympic Glory, Savage Seas, World’s Most Amazing Videos; host: Missing Reward, Case Closed
1941 – Charlie Watts
musician: drummer: groups: Rolling Stones: [I Can’t Get No] Satisfaction, Honky Tonk Women; solo: LPs: Live at Fulham Town Hall; Charlie Watts Quintet: From One Charlie, A tribute to Charlie Parker with Strings, Warm and Tender, Long Ago & Far Away
1943 – Charles Haid
actor: Hill Street Blues, Delvecchio, Altered States, The Fire Next Time, Children in the Crossfire
1944 – Marvin Hamlisch
Academy Award-winning pianist, composer: for adapted score: The Sting [1973]; original score and song: The Way We Were [1973]; Grammy Award-winner: The Way We Were & Best New Artist; Tony Award-winner: A Chorus Line [1976]; died Aug 6, 2012
1944 – Garo Yepremian
football: Miami Dolphins kicker: Super Bowl VI, VII, VIII
1948 – Jerry Mathers
actor: Leave It to Beaver, The Trouble with Harry, Back to the Beach
1950 – Joanna Gleason
actress: For Richer for Poorer, F/X 2: The Deadly Art of Illusion, Crimes & Misdemeanors, Heartburn, Into the Woods, Love & War, Hello Larry, Mr. Holland’s Opus, Boogie Nights, Bette; daughter of TV quiz show host Monty Hall
1950 – Lawrence McCutcheon
football: LA Rams running back: Super Bowl XIV
1950 – Nate Williams
basketball: Utah State Univ., Sacramento Kings
1955 – Dana Carvey
actor, comedian, impersonator: Saturday Night Live, Clean Slate, It Happened in Paradise, Wayne’s World
1955 – Gary Grimes
actor: Summer of ’42, Class of ’44, Culpepper Cattle Co.
1960 – Tony Hadley
singer: group: Spandau Ballet: To Cut a Long Story Short, The Freeze, Musclebound, Chant No. 1, Instinction, True, Gold, Only When You Leave
1967 – Mike Stanton
baseball [pitcher]: Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers, New York Yankees, New York Mets, Washington Nationals
1971 – Joel Tobeck
actor: Xena: Warrior Princess, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Cleopatra 2525, 30 Days of Night, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Eagle Vs Shark
1972 – Wayne Brady
actor: Whose Line Is It Anyway?; TV host: The Wayne Brady Show, Let’s Make a Deal [2009 revival]
1978 – Nikki Cox
actress: Terminator 2: Judgment Day, General Hospital, Pearl, Sub Down, The Nanny, The Norm Show, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
1982 – Jewel Staite
actress: Space Cases, Firefly, Serenity, Stargate Atlantis, The L.A. Complex