This Day…

1912 – Arizona, Kansas & Wisconsin vote for female suffrage

1883 – American Old West: Self-described “Black Bart the poet” gets away with his last stagecoach robbery, but leaves an incriminating clue that eventually leads to his capture

1967 – The film classic Cool Hand Luke opened in American theatres, and it became especially known for Paul Newman‘s performance in one of his iconic antihero roles.

1962 – American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize for Literature

1973 – American playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon (46) weds actress Marsha Mason (31)

1882 – Future actress Margaret Dumont was born in Brooklyn, New York.

1922 – British Broadcasting Company (BBC) founded, later called British Broadcasting Corporation.

1888 – Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).

1936 – The radio show, “Professor Quiz”, aired for the first time.

1927  -“The Second Hundred Years” silent short film released starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy – 1st Laurel and Hardy film with them appearing as a team.