. . . in Massachusetts. (Well, I guess it’s the third Monday now, but whatever.)
Today we celebrate the birthday
. . . of TV’s Wyatt Earp. Hugh O’Brian is 83.
. . . of Elinor Donahue. Donahue has nearly 100 credits listed at IMDB, but foremost she was the oldest daughter on famed 1950s sitcom “Father Knows Best.” Betty “Princess” Anderson is 71.
. . . of Ashley Judd, 40.
. . . of Oscar-nominee (2001) Kate Hudson. More than almost famous at 29.
. . . of Oscar-nominee (2005) Catalina Sardino Moreno. She’s full of grace at 27.
. . . of Maria Sharapova, 21.
Ole Evinrude was born on this date in 1877. Guess what he invented.
Eliot Ness was born on this date in 1903.
Ever since Eliot Ness first published The Untouchables in 1957, the public has fallen in love with the adventures of this authentic American hero. His book was a runaway best seller because it was the exciting true story of a brave and honest lawman pitted against the country’s most successful gangster, Al Capone. The television series that followed in the 1950’s and the Kevin Costner movie in 1987 built fancifully on the same theme.
Vera Jayne Palmer was born on this date in 1933. We know her as Jayne Mansfield.
Grace Kelly became Her Serene Highness Princess Grace on this date in 1956.
By 1956, Grace Kelly was calling it quits after a movie-acting career of only five years—but what a career it was. Her 11 films included the 1952 classic High Noon, the 1956 musical High Society, and the Alfred Hitchcock-directed masterpieces Dial M for Murder, Rear Window, and To Catch a Thief. She had won an Oscar for her role in 1954’s The Country Girl—and all this before her twenty-seventh birthday.
The uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto started 65 years ago today. The Writer’s Almanac from American Public Media has background.