1586: Sir Walter Raleigh brings first tobacco to England from America. Despite coming up with a snazzy package design, he loses out to Lord Zig-Zag for the Royal commission to make rolling papers for Queen Elizabeth and her court.
1940: Bugs Bunny debuts in A Wild Hare.
1990: Zsa Zsa Gabor begins her three-day jail sentence for slapping a cop.
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