This Day…

1948 – “Hamlet” directed by and starring Laurence Olivier‘s opens at Park Avenue Cinema (Best Picture 1949)

1904 – Woman arrested for smoking a cigarette in a car on 5th Avenue, NYC.

1920 – Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that 8 White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series.

1969 – Virtual band Archies’ single “Sugar Sugar” hits #1

1972 – TV comedy “M*A*S*H”, adapted from the movie, starring Alan Alda, Loretta Swit, Wayne Rogers, and McLean Stevenson debuts on CBS in the US

1847 – American-Mexican war: US General Winfield Scott captures Mexico City.

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

1944 – Holocaust diarist Anne Frank sent to Auschwitz concentration camp

1878 – 1st female telephone operator starts work, Emma Nutt for the Edwin Holmes Telephone Despatch Company in Boston.

1905 – Detroit Tigers future Baseball HOF center fielder Ty Cobb makes his MLB debut, doubling off Jack Chesbro in a 5-3 win over the NY Highlanders at Bennett Park, Detroit.