ON THIS DAY - August 17th:

1998 - Monica Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. On the same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about his relationship.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1786 - Davy Crockett, Greene County, Tennessee,
1882 - Samuel Goldwyn, [Shmuel Gelbfisz], Warsaw Poland, Hollywood movie producer (MGM)
1893 - Mae West, New York, film and stage actress and singer (She Done him Wrong), (d. 1980)
1921 - Maureen O'Hara [Fitzsimmons], Ranelagh, County Dublin, Irish actress and singer (Miracle on 34th St, The Quiet Man)
1943 - Robert De Niro, actor (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull), born in NYC, New York

GOODBYE TO:

1979 - Vivian Vance, actress (Ethel Mertz-I Love Lucy), dies of cancer at 67
1983 - Ira Gershwin, lyricist, dies in Beverly Hills at 86

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