April 19
It's April 19th
On this day in 1927 – Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.
In 1943 – Albert Hofmann deliberately doses himself with LSD for the first time, three days after having discovered its effects on April 16, an event commonly known and celebrated as Bicycle Day.
In 1971 – Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station.
In 1974 - Miles Davis releases "Big Fun"
In 1982 - Van Halen releases "Diver Down".
In 1987 – The Simpsons first appear as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, starting with "Good Night".
In 2001 – Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched carrying the Canadarm2 to the International Space Station.
In 2021 – The Ingenuity helicopter becomes the first aircraft to achieve flight on another planet (Mars).
Birthdays:
Ali Wong
as Katie in "Dealin' With Idiots"
Kate Hudson
as Caroline Ellis in "The Skeleton Key"
Amanda Sage
""
Madeleine Peyroux
Ashley Judd
as Lee in "Lazareth"
Véronique Gens
Tim Curry
as Robert Graves in "The Shout"
as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"
Bernie Worrell
Alan Price
Dudley Moore
as John Finsbury in "The Wrong Box"
Dickie Goodman
Fernando Botero
"Abu Ghraib"
Jayne Mansfield
as Midnight Franklin in "Too Hot to Handle"
Hugh O'Brian
as Hugh Lombard / Charles Morley in "Ten Little Indians"
Sol Kaplan
George O'Brien
A playlist of George O'Brien films
Françoise Rosay
as a party guest in "Les Vampires"
as Mrs. Gauthier in "The 13th Letter"
as Madame Rose in "Back Streets of Paris"
as Madame Prade in "The Full Treatment"
Johann Karl Ordonez
James Nares
Willem Drost
"Flute Player"
On this day in 1927 – Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.
In 1943 – Albert Hofmann deliberately doses himself with LSD for the first time, three days after having discovered its effects on April 16, an event commonly known and celebrated as Bicycle Day.
In 1971 – Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station.
In 1974 - Miles Davis releases "Big Fun"
In 1982 - Van Halen releases "Diver Down".
In 1987 – The Simpsons first appear as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, starting with "Good Night".
In 2001 – Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched carrying the Canadarm2 to the International Space Station.
In 2021 – The Ingenuity helicopter becomes the first aircraft to achieve flight on another planet (Mars).
Birthdays:
Ali Wong
as Katie in "Dealin' With Idiots"
Kate Hudson
as Caroline Ellis in "The Skeleton Key"
Amanda Sage
""
Madeleine Peyroux
Ashley Judd
as Lee in "Lazareth"
Véronique Gens
Tim Curry
as Robert Graves in "The Shout"
as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"
Bernie Worrell
Alan Price
Dudley Moore
as John Finsbury in "The Wrong Box"
Dickie Goodman
Fernando Botero
"Abu Ghraib"
Jayne Mansfield
as Midnight Franklin in "Too Hot to Handle"
Hugh O'Brian
as Hugh Lombard / Charles Morley in "Ten Little Indians"
Sol Kaplan
George O'Brien
A playlist of George O'Brien films
Françoise Rosay
as a party guest in "Les Vampires"
as Mrs. Gauthier in "The 13th Letter"
as Madame Rose in "Back Streets of Paris"
as Madame Prade in "The Full Treatment"
Johann Karl Ordonez
James Nares
Willem Drost
"Flute Player"
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