Day Tripping: October 19

So Many Talents

In 1945, John Lithgow was born into a theatrical family in Rochester, New York. His mother was a retired actress and his father was theatre producer. After growing up on the road because of his father’s work, John attended and graduated from Harvard University in 1967 for History and Literature.

“Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor.”

Also an accomplished musician from childhood, John was convince by a university professor to pursue an acting career. In 1970, Lithgow made his film debut and he hasn’t stopped working since, beginning with the Broadway stage.

John Lithgow also found time to make three children’s music albums and perform the voice of Lord Farquhar in Shrek.

When he was a guest on Finding Your Roots, Lithgow learned he was descended from eight passenger who were aboard the Mayflower.

Today is:

Evaluate Your Life Day — good idea, but always goes better with a chocolate cupcake.

Musical Ride

The New Yardbirds performed under that name for the last time at Liverpool University in 1968. After that night, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham renamed the band Led Zeppelin.

Interesting Notes

Black Monday of 1987 happened when the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 508 points, or 22% in a day.

Gone But Not Forgotten

Before playing Ritchie Cunningham’s dad on Happy Days, Tom Bosley was a Tony Award winning stage actor. He died in 2010 at 83.

Notable Births

1944 — Peter Tosh said, “I am not a politician… I only suffer the consequences.”

1945 — Divine said, “America is a hardheaded place. It’s tough to be different here.”

K. Barrett Maria Rattray Maryam Merchant Dr. Mehmet Yildiz Tree Langdon Myriam Ben Salem Phil Truman Chelsea Mandler MAT Terry Mansfield Hollie Petit, Ph.D. Terry Trueman Dr. Preeti Singh John Gruber Bill Abbate James G Brennan ScienceDuuude Marcus Liam Ireland Claire Kelly Noorain Hassan, BMS Amy Pierovich David Acaster Nora Thewriteyard David Perlmutter Joe Luca Holly Kellums Michael Burg, MD Lucy Dan Dave Logan

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