1920 - James Doohan
actor: Star Trek TV series, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Star Trek: Generations, Loaded Weapon 1, Bug Buster), geboren

While’s Key’s lyrics reflected an enduring sentiment of America during war time of 1812, with its “rockets red glare and bombs bursting in air” over Fort McHenry at Baltimore, MD; the melody goes against most everything musical and the words themselves are quite difficult to remember -- especially those following the first verse. Originally an English drinking song, To Anacreon in Heaven, the melody is next to impossible for most of us to sing. Maybe that’s why it was a drinking song. You either have to be drunk to sing it or if everyone’s drunk, who cares! 

Amateur singers embarrass themselves as they attempt to hit the high notes at the end of the song. They do this in the shower and at community events; while professional opera singers and pop music stars go flat ... or forget the words ... in front of national television audiences. Performers such as Robert Morley, Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye, Jose Feliciano, Ray Charles and others have had difficulties in musically translating the nation’s anthem. 

Almost from the moment the song was adopted officially, there has been movement to bring about change. Many would like to see "America the Beautiful" become the U.S. national anthem and every so often, there is talk of such a change, but to no avail, in this, "the home of the braaaaaaaaaaaaave." 
 1931: Die Tragikomödie "Der Hauptmann von Köpenick" von Carl Zuckmayer wird im Deutschen Theater in Berlin uraufgeführt.
 1931: "Star Spangled Banner", komponiert von Francis Scott Key (nach anderen Quellen von John Stafford Smith), wird offiziell zur US-amerikanischen Nationalhymne erklärt.
1931 - Cab Calloway and his orchestra recorded Minnie the Moocher on Brunswick Records. It was the first recording of the famous bandleader’s theme song. The song was featured prominently in the motion picture, The Blues Brothers (1980), starring John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd. 

 1962 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Olympic gold medalist & 1st woman to hold world record in the heptathlon: 7,044 points [1992]; 1st athlete to win multi-event medals in 3 Olympics [pentathlon, long jump], geboren

3 1975 Therese Giehse Eigentlich T. Gift, deutsche Schauspielerin, in München gestorben
 

Allen Massey (75), Filmschaffende/R, gestorben
Hergé (75), Filmschaffende/R, gestorben
Bessie Patterson, Filmschaffende/R, gestorben
Arthur Koestler
Der britische Schriftsteller nimmt sich 77 jährig (zusammen mit seiner Frau) das Leben., gestorben
Hergé, gestorben
1983 - Georges Remi (Hergé), französischer Comiczeichner und -autor («Tim und Struppi»), geb. 1907, gestorben