Today in History: in 1956, the musical “My Fair Lady” opened on Broadway

In 1998, the Movie Titanic surpassed Star Wars to become the highest grossing film in North American box offices.

1956 – My Fair Lady
The musical “My Fair Lady” opened on Broadway. The play based on George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion from the mid 1930’s and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The stars of the musical Rex Harrison as Henry Higgins and Julie Andrews as Eliza Doolittle help to make the production was a smash hit.

1964 – U.S.A. Taylor Burton Marry
Actress Elizabeth Taylor and actor Richard Burton were married for the first time getting divorced in June 1974 only to get married again in October 1975 which lasts less than 12 months.

1985 The world’s first internet domain name is registered

symbolics.com was registered by the Symbolics Computer Corporation of Massachusetts. There are over 1 billion domains today.

2013 – US Republican Senator Changes Stance
Republican senator Rob Portman from the US state of Ohio has announced that he has reversed his position on gay marriage. the Reversal of opinion came after his son came out as gay. Portman had previously voted in favor of the Defense of Marriage Act which strictly defined marriage as a commitment between a man and woman.

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