On this day

[John Boylan]

"Henry M" has his list, I have mine. On this day:

1920 - Walt Disney started his first job as an artist ($40 a week) with
the K.C. Slide Company.

1929 - Seeing Eye Guide Dog Foundation was organized.

1951 - Elizabeth Taylor got her first divorce, from Conrad Hilton, Jr.

1958 - Paul Newman married Joanne Woodward.

1977 - CAR WASH by Rose Royce peaked at #1 on the pop singles chart.

1978 - Sweden was the first country to curb the use of aerosol cans.

1983 - SEXUAL HEALING by Marvin Gaye peaked at #3 on the pop singles
chart.

1990 - Former Exxon Valdez skipper Joseph Hazelwwod went on trial in
Anchorage, Alaska, on charges stemming from the nation's worst oil
spill. (He was aquitted on major charges, convicted on a misdemeanor.)