History Blog

November 17

Happy Birthday RIP Rock Hudson(Roy Scherer 1925–1985) ; Gordon Lightfoot–74 Martin Scorsese–70 Mary “Lauren” Hutton–69 Danny DeVito–68 Lorne Michaels(Lipowitz)–68 RuPaul(Andre Charles)–52 Rachel McAdams–34 Isaac Hanson–32 ; 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.”