Thursday, October 17, 2013
[1893 - Spring Byington, actress, born in Denver, Colorado]
[1900 - Jean Arthur (Gladys Georgianna Greene), actress, born in Plattsburgh, New York]
[1907 - John Marley, actor, born in New York City]
[1914 - Jerry (Jerome) Siegel, cartoonist, Superman co-creator, born in Cleveland, Ohio]
[1915 - Arthur Miller, Tony & Emmy award-winning playwright, author, born in New York City]
[1918 - Rita Hayworth (Margarita Carmen Cansino), actress, born in Brooklyn]
[1920 - (Edward) Montgomery Clift, actor, born in Omaha, Nebraska]
[1921 - Tom Poston, Emmy Award-winning comedian, born in Columbus, Ohio]
[1924 - Don (Donald David) Coryell, College and Pro football coach, born in Seattle, Washington]
[1930 - Dr. Robert Coleman Atkins, physician, dietician, born in Columbus, Ohio]
[1938 - Evel Knievel (Robert Craig), motorcycle daredevil, born in Butte, Montana]
[1961 - Paris police massacre over 200 Algerians marching in support of peace talks]
[1973 - OPEC oil embargo by the Arab states against the USA begins]
[1989 - San Francisco, Oakland, and entire Bay Area are rocked by the deadly Loma Prieta earthquake]
Twinkle, Twinkle, You're No Star
Twinkle, transmit, little satellite,
I wonder where you are tonight.
Up above the world so high,
Like a spy there in the sky.