History Blog

November 17

Happy Birthday RIP “Rock Hudson”(Roy Scherer 1925–1985) ; Gordon Lightfoot–75 Martin Scorsese–71 Mary “Lauren” Hutton–70 Danny DeVito–69 Lorne Michaels(Lipowitz)–69 “RuPaul”(Andre Charles)–53 Rachel McAdams–35 Clarke Isaac Hanson–33 ; 1973 – President Nixon told an Associated Press managing 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.”