SHIRLEY SMITH

Thomas A. Edison announced the invention of his phonograph on
this day in 1877.

On this day in 1973, President Richard M. Nixon‘s attorney, J. Fred
Buzhardt, announced the presence of an 18½-minute gap in one of
the White House tape recordings related to the Watergate case.

President Nixon (seated) and H.R. Haldeman in 1972.

On this day in 1934, the Cole Porter musical "Anything
Goes" opened on Broadway at the Alvin Theatre (now
known as the Neil Simon Theatre). The musical has
been revived several times in the U.S. and Britain and
has been filmed twice. It has long been a popular
choice for school and community productions.

Ethel Merman (Ethel Agnes Zimmermann)
(January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984)