1934 Shirley Jones - Singer, actress (Carousel, Music Man, Oklahoma!, Elmer Gantry, The Partridge Family, General Hospital)

My favorite musical movie star. She also did a stint on General Hospital, which was fun.

1889 French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel unfurled the French tricolour from atop the Eiffel Tower, officially marking its completion. The Tower was 985 feet high, and cost £260,000 at the time. It took two years to build

I heard it was once painted red. I can't imagine that.