Yesterday C-Note's Almanac Tomorrow

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1816

Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. state.

1918

Author Alexander Solzhenitsyn (One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich) born in Kislovodsk in Caucasus Mountains.

1922
Author and poet Grace Paley born in The Bronx, New York.

1926
Blues singer Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton born in Montgomery, Alabama.

1934
Bill W., co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink.

1937

Author Jim Harrison born in Grayling, Michigan.

1939
Author Tom McGuane born in Wyandotte, Michigan.

1944
Singer Brenda Lee (Rockin Around the Christmas Tree) born in Atlanta, Georgia.

1949
Actress Teri Garr born in Lakewood, Ohio.

1964
Singer Sam Cooke was shot and killed under rather unseemly circumstances by the manager of the Hacienda motel in Los Angeles, California.

1968
The Rolling Stones film a concert event called The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus in a Wembley studio.
The film was not released until 28 years later in 1996.

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