History Blog

November 17

Happy Birthday RIP “Rock Hudson”(Roy Scherer Jr 1925–1985) ; Gordon Lightfoot–91 Martin Scorsese–77 Mary “Lauren” Hutton–76 Daniel DeVito Jr–75 Lorne Michaels(Lipowitz)–75 “RuPaul”(Andre Charles)–59 Rachel McAdams–41 Thomas Ellis–41 Isaac Hanson–39 ; 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