Revisionist History (6/30): Here's Johnny in 1955 ... Trump and Little Rocket Man
1905: Wacky genius Albert Einstein publishes his ground-breaking Theory of Relative Idiocy
On this day in 1955, the “Johnny Carson Show” debuted on CBS, seven years before becoming host of “The Tonight Show.” His first show bombed and was canceled after just 9 months (video: Carson gets yanked offstage by the authorities).
On this day in 1905, wacky German genius Albert Einstein advanced mankind's understanding of its own foolishness by publishing his ground-breaking Theory of Relative Idiocy.
On this day in 2019, Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to visit North Korea when he walked across the North-South demarcation line to greet Kim Jong-Un. Trump has confessed that after exchanging “beautiful letters” with the dictator he affectionately calls “Little Rocket Man,” the two men “fell in love.”
Today’s Birthdays:
Mike Tyson, 58: helium-voiced heavyweight boxing champ who loves it when people do impressions of him … sometimes.
(Video: Eddie Murphy clowning with the champ)
Fantasia [Barrino], 40: singer-actress; gained fame in 2004 after winning “American Idol.” Starred in the Broadway musical and 2023 film “The Color Purple.” Next up: “The Color Purple 2: Sex and Violets.”
Vincent D’Onofrio, 65: actor, played a rotund soldier who loved jelly donuts in Stanley Kubrick’s tense 1987 war comedy “Full Metal Jackie Gleason.”
Michael Phelps, 39: swimming champion who won a record 28 Olympic medals, including five golds in the 100-meter doggy style.