National zipper day. Pop culture from 1961. Saigon fell, Dachau liberated, Desmond Doss saves 75, Rodney King riots begin. Todays birthdays - Duke Ellington, Carl Gardner, Willie Nelson, Tommy James, Jerry Seinfeld, Daniel Day Lewis, Eve Plumb, Michelle Pfeiffer, Carnie Wilson, Uma Thurman. Alfred Hitchcock died.