John (Cougar) Mellencamp is 62 today
“Baby It’s You” became very popular, becoming number three on the
R&B chart and peaking at number eight on Billboard’s Hot 100.
James Densmore was the driving force behind
one of the first commercial typewriters built at
a machine shop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Janet Gaynor (Laura Augusta Gainor)
(October 6, 1906 – September 14, 1984)
Janet Gaynor was one of the most popular silent film actresses who
won the first ever Academy Award for Best Actress. She is also the
only actress to receive one Oscar for multiple performances in the
same year. After graduating high school, she worked at a shoe
store in Los Angeles.
Douglas Fairbanks presenting the very first Best
Actress Oscar to Janet Gaynor