Birthdays: Bonnie Prince Charlie, Branch Rickey, George Roy
Hill, Dr. Samuel Mudd, Jenny Aguitter, Uri Geller, Irene Dunne, Cecil Cooper,
Albert Dekker, Amby Paliwoda, Charlie Callas, John Spencer, Harvey Firestone,
John Spencer, Elsie De Wolfe, Jonah Hill is 30.
1892- According to Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days
this was the day Phileas Fogg completed his trip.
1920- English song & dance man Leslie Townes became an
American citizen and changed his name to Bob Hope.
1937- Nazis Josef Goebbels noted in his diary that this day
he sent his boss Adolph Hitler a Christmas present of a dozen Mickey Mouse
Cartoons from America. Officially der Fuehrer called Mickey ‘vermin’ but
privately enjoyed his animated antics.
1941- THE FLYING TIGERS debut in
the skies over China, surprising and shooting down 9 out of 10 in a Japanese
bomber squadron flying from Hanoi. General Claire Chennault had come to China
as an advisor to organize the Chinese Air Force and stayed on to coordinate
U.S. efforts in Mainland China after Pearl Harbor. His men were all volunteer
adventurers who flew their P-40's with the tiger teeth insignia against
overwhelming odds. They were awarded a bounty of $500 for every Japanese plane
downed. Eventually they were incorporated into the regular U.S. Air Force.
Legend has it the distinctive tiger teeth insignia were designed by Walt Disney Story artist Roy Williams.
1950- Harvey premiered starring James Stewart and a 6 foot
invisible rabbit.
1952- Bridgette Bardot married director Roger Vadim.
1955- Sir Lawrence Olivier’s film version of Richard III
premiered.
1962- The Osmond Brothers premiered on the Andy Williams
Show.
1957- Elvis Presley received his draft notice. G.I. Blues!
1968- Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day premiered.
1971- Twentieth Century Fox chief Darryl F. Zanuck blames
his own son CEO Richard Zanuck for Fox's monetary problems and fires him. This
sets off a power struggle among the board of directors. When Zanuck's estranged
wife Libby throws her support against the mogul, Darryl F. Zanuck is overthrown
and fired from his own company. He was the last of the original Hollywood
moguls.
1974 Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too came out with the film
Island at the Top of the World.
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