From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia Art and culture -
1838 - Alfred Vail demonstrates a telegraph using dots and
dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code). - 1962 - Leonardo
da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the
first time (National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.). - 1824
- Wilkie Collins, British novelist (d. 1889) - 1836 - Lawrence
Alma-Tadema, Dutch artist (d. 1912) - 1863 - Paul Scheerbart,
German author and artist (d. 1915) - 1897 - Dennis Wheatley,
British author (d. 1977) - 1922 - José Bénazéraf, Moroccan-born
French filmmaker - 1931 - Bill Graham, German-born American
music promoter (d. 1991) - 1933 - Jean-Marie Straub, French film
director - 1935 - Elvis Presley, American singer and guitarist
(d. 1977) - 1937 - Shirley Bassey, Welsh singer - 1941 - Boris
Vallejo, Peruvian illustrator - 1942 - George Passmore, British
artist (Gilbert & George) - 1947 - David Bowie, English musician
- 1642 - Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and scientist (b.
1564) - 1896 -