2003 Death Edward Teller, scientist/professor, The father of the H-bomb, dies at 95 1995 Death Tristan Jones, sailor, author, Welsh story teller, dies at 71 1991 Event "Penn and Teller - Refrigerator Tour" opens at Eugene O'Neill New York City 1974 Event Magicians Penn and Teller 1st meet 1955 Birthday Penn Jillette, born in Massachusetts, magician, Penn and Teller-Penn and Teller are Dead 1944 Birthday Jackie Torrence, story teller/artist 1936 Event RCA shows 1st real TV program (dancing, film on locomotives, Bonwit Teller fashion show and monologue from Tobacco Road and comedy) 1929 Birthday Tristan Jones, born in Liverpool, England, sailor, author, Welsh story teller, wrote about sailing in books and articles 1913 Birthday Jo Sinclair, born in Brooklyn, New York, pen name Jo Sinlair, writer, novelist, focused on race relations and the struggle of immigrant families, wrote Sing at My Wake, Anna Teller 1908 Birthday Edward Teller, born in Budapest, Hungary, fathered H-bomb, Manhattan Project 1893 Birthday Mario R de Morais Andrade, Brazilian writer/poet/story teller 1891 Birthday Paul de Keyser, Flemish story teller/philologist/folklorist 1871 Death Arvir A Afzelius, Swedish story teller, dies 1871 Death Alexander N Afanasjev, Russian story teller, dies at 45 1826 Birthday Alexander Aphanashev, Russian story teller, Narodnye roesskie skazki 1798 Birthday Thomas Crofton Croker, Irish story teller, Fairy legends 1792 Birthday Tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Fries story teller, Rhymes and Tales 1786 Birthday Wilhelm Karl Grimm, Hanau Germany, story teller, Grimm's Fairy Tales 1785 Birthday Arvir A. Afzelius, Swedish story teller 1682 Birthday Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Venice, painter, Fortune Teller
