History Blog

November 17

Happy Birthday RIP “Rock Hudson”(Roy Scherer Jr 1925–1985) Gordon Lightfoot(1938–2023) ; Martin Scorsese–81 Mary “Lauren” Hutton–80 Daniel DeVito Jr–79 Lorne Michaels(Lipowitz)–79 Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio–65 “RuPaul”(Andre Charles)–63 Rachel McAdams–45 Thomas Ellis–45 Isaac Hanson–43 ; 1973 – President Nixon told 400 Associated Press editors meeting in Orlando, Fla., that “People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook.” #Watergate