May 21

It's May 21st

On this day in 1703 – Daniel Defoe is imprisoned on charges of seditious libel.

In 1925 – The opera Doktor Faust, unfinished when composer Ferruccio Busoni died, is premiered in Dresden.
Recorded live from the Zurich Opera House, 2006

In 1976 - Blue Öyster Cult releases "Agents of Fortune"


Birthdays:

Biggie Smalls


David Crumb


Pete Sandoval


Nick Cassavetes
as Luis in "Black Moon Rising"


Dave Specter


Judge Reinhold
as Jack Issel in "Head Office"


Mr. T
as Samson in D.C. Cab




Renée Soutendijk
as Dr. Eve Simmons / Eve VIII in "Eve of Destruction"


Leo Sayer


Jonathan Hyde
as Baglione in "Carravagio"


Richard Hatch
as Captain Apollo in "Battlestar Galactica"


Marcie Blane


Hilton Valentine


John Dalton


Vincent Crane


Ronald Isley


Martin Carthy


Tony Sheridan


Tommy Bryant


Robert Creeley
"The collected poems...1945-1975"

Bill Barber


Raymond Burr
as Alexandre Dumas, Jr.in "Black Magic"

as Cyrus Miller in "Gorilla at Large"

as

Link to Seasons 4-8 on Pluto

Dennis Day


Gina Bachauer


Romain Gary
"Hissing Tales"


Chen Dayu


Fats Waller


Robert Montgomery
as Kent Marlowe in "The Big House"


Anatole Litvak


Sam Jaffe


John McLaughlin
"#17"


Édouard-Henri Avril
"Musk, Hashish and Blood"


Albrecht Dürer
"Large Piece of Turf"

From the Time/Life Library of Art Series "The World of Dürer"

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