Girls outlast ghouls

Today is the 303rd day of 2015. There are 62 days left in the year.

In John Adams — who became the second U.S. president — was born in Braintree, Mass.

In the silent film The Sheik, starring Rudolph Valentino, premiered in Los Angeles.

In the radio play The War of the Worlds, starring Orson Welles (above), aired on CBS.

In the Soviet Party Congress unanimously approved a resolution ordering the removal of Josef Stalin’s body from Lenin’s tomb.

In British model Jean Shrimpton scandalized onlookers by showing up for Victoria Derby Day — at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia — in a miniskirt with a hem 4 inches above her knees.

In during “the Rumble in the Jungle” in Zaire, Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the eighth round of a 15-round bout to regain his world heavyweight title.

The body of Rosa Parks arrived at the U.S. Capitol, where the civil-rights icon became the first woman to lie in honor in the rotunda.

Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart headlined “Rally To Restore Sanity and/or Fear” in Washington — which was attended by tens of thousands of people.

Eddie Holland, Motown songwriter Grace Slick, rock singer Otis Williams, R&B singer (the Temptations) Henry Winkler, actor Gael Garcia Bernal, actor Matthew Morrison, actor “There are things that are known and things that are unknown; in between are doors.” — William Blake, British poet (1757-1827)

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