This Day…

1927 – Isadora Duncan, a pioneer of modern expressive dance, died in France when her long scarf became entangled in the rear wheel of the car in which she was riding.

1928 – Katharine Hepburn made her stage debut in the play “The Czarina.” Four years later she made her film debut in “A Bill of Divorcement.”

1960 – Nationwide release (US) of Alfred Hitchcock‘s “Psycho” starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh

1935 – Romantic comedy film “Page Miss Glory” starring Marion Davies premieres in the USA.

1877 – Crazy Horse [Tashunka Witko], last great Sioux war chief, dies at 37.

1922 “Gone With The Wind” author Margaret Mitchell (21) weds Berrien “Red” Upshaw; divoce in 1924

1885 – Pulitzer Prize-winning American author (Age of Innocence) Edith Jones (23), marries Edward “Teddy” Wharton (36)

1907 – Harry Houdini escapes from chains underwater in 57 seconds, at Aquatic Park in San Francisco, California.

1932 – Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the U.S. non-stop. The trip from Los Angeles, CA to Newark, NJ, took about 19 hours.

1911 – “Mona Lisa” stolen from the Louvre by Vincenzo Perugia; recovered in 1913