PAGE b8 THE STATE JOURNAL mR A cH 14, 2012 Wednesday ALMANAC 50 YEARS AGO Judge Max Smith ruled a section of a city ordinance, re- ‘Fairly Legal’ gets sidekick quiring those doing business in Frankfort to secure a license before doing so, unconstitutional. The ruling came during a dismissal of charges against five men who were charged with violation of the ordinance. Aussie Ryan Johnson no longer a ‘grain in the sand’ 25 YEARS AGO Robert “RB” Brown, an agent for State Farm insurance By Luaine Lee company, earned membership in the firm’s Millionaire Club. McT clA chy-TriBune news service The sales honor was based on quality and quantity of life in- WEST HOLLYWOOD, surance sold and serviced by the agent. Calif. – When Ryan John- Cindy Snodgrass, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold T. Snod- son was auditioning for grass, was initiated into the Kappa Delta sorority at Kentucky the role of Sarah Shahi’s le- Wesleyan College. She was a freshman education major and gal sidekick on USA’s “Fair- a graduate of Franklin County High School. ly Legal,” he snatched the bagel she was eating from HAPPY BIRTHDAY her hand. Jennifer Lee It was a move typical of March 14, 1997 a cheeky Australian bloke. Jennifer Mason Lee, daughter of Jill and But Johnson wasn’t try- Keith Lee and sister of Walker Lee, is a ing out for an Aussie char- freshman at Franklin County High School. acter – he was to be Shahi’s She plays on the freshman volleyball team American cohort. And he and takes dance and piano lessons. She is didn’t have much hope of a member of Immanuel Baptist Church. landing the part. However, the casting today In history people liked his moxie atti- By The AssociATed Press tude and he was told to re- turn the next day to try out Today is Wednesday, March 14, the 74th day of 2012. There for the producers. “It was are 292 days left in the year. me and two other guys,” On March 14, 1962, Democrat Edward M. Kennedy offi- he says over lunch at a ho- cially launched in Boston his successful candidacy for the tel here. U.S. Senate seat from Massachusetts once held by his broth- “I’m definitely the guy er, President John F. Kennedy. (Edward Kennedy served in that they’re bringing in be- the Senate for nearly 47 years.) cause they want another In 1794, Eli Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin, guy,” he laughs. “I know an invention that revolutionized America’s cotton industry. how this works. I thought, In 1964, a jury in Dallas found Jack Ruby guilty of mur- dering Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President ‘Oh, whatever,’ but still John F. Kennedy, and sentenced him to death. (Both the con- gave it my all.” viction and death sentence were later overturned, but Ruby Johnson was no new- died before he could be retried.) comer to the American way In 1967, the body of President John F. Kennedy was moved of doing things. He’d al- from a temporary grave to a permanent memorial site at Ar- ready been an actor for 10 lington National Cemetery. years in Sydney. “I started Ten years ago: The government charged the Arthur An- coming here in 2007,” says Courtesy USA Network dersen accounting firm with obstruction of justice, securing Johnson, who’s wearing a r yan Johnson stars as Ben Grogan in usA’s “Fairly Legal.” its first indictment in the collapse of Enron. zip-up gray cardigan and years, writer Tamara Asmar. these papers so I’m going to am and what am I showcas- Five years ago: The Pentagon released the transcript of a black slacks and an unruly military hearing in which Khalid Sheikh Mohammed said he “hiatus” beard. “I rented a place and was see what it’s like to audition ing?’ It’s amazing how quick- “was responsible for the 9/11 operation from A to Z.” “By then I was 26, 27, but going out for things, some- in America when you’ve got ly you can go from being in a One year ago: In the wake of Japan’s earthquake and tsu- without a decent agent or times three things a day. And work papers.” series to being back on the nami and mounting nuclear crisis, President Barack Obama manager behind you, or you really do feel like a grain He thinks the credentials audition circuit.” said he had offered the Japanese government any assistance a bit of heat, it was really of sand at the beach when helped boost his confidence. Johnson, 32, whose dad the United States could provide. hard. Even trying to get an you’re doing pilot season. “Their eyes weren’t glazing is an insurance broker and Today’s Birthdays: Comedian Billy Crystal is 64. Singer- agent or manager was quite There’s just so many dudes,” over as much as they used mom a librarian, was raised musician Taylor Hanson (Hanson) is 29. hard; you just need that he says. to,” he says. in Queensland and attend- one thing. Unless you’re “It’s the time when they’ve But unglazed eyes or not, ed Queensland University in (the film) ‘Muriel’s Wed- seen 100 guys that it’s good Johnson and Tamara re- of Technology. He has one ding’ it’s hard to crack the to be an Australian. I was in turned Down Under without brother who has a PhD in HIS IMA FRA States.” Sydney and I was down for a job. “I realized there’s not psychology. When Ryan was Now But he managed to en- two for a play. I’d finally got- always a next move,” he says, a kid his parents introduced TOR GES NKF Available list some managers here. ten my papers (he pronounc- sipping peppermint tea. him to a friend who was a “With these guys I must’ve es it “pypers”) together to “You can do theater for magician and had studied IC OF ORT sent 100 tapes to L.A.” work in the states, that’s the free, but it gets depressing mime with Marcel Marceau. Two years ago he flew in big challenge. And I didn’t after a while because you That encounter changed his RODGERS STUDIO • 223-3123 for pilot season. He even get the play, so I thought, think, ‘I’m back here doing Visit Us At life. brought his wife of three ‘You know what? I’ve got this. 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