Birthdays: King Charles III of Spain, Richard Henry Lee-
signer of the Declaration of Independence, Frederico Fellini, Patricia O’Neal, Dorothy
Provine, Mario Lanza, David Lynch, George Burns, DeForest Kelly, Edwin Buzz
Aldrin, Arte Johnson, Lorenzo Lamas, Bill Maher is 58, Rainn Wilson is 48
1779- The English dramatic actor David Garrick died.
Supposedly his last words were when asked “Is it hard to die?” Garrick
replied:” Dying is not Hard. Comedy is Hard.”
1852- Uncle Tom’s Cabin was published in book form. It had
been released in magazine installments the year before, as was the custom of
the time.
1936- Andriana Caselotti, just 19 years old, laid down the first voice tracks for Snow White.
1938-The first true animator, Emile Cohl, died while headed
for the Paris premiere of Disney's" Snow White and the Seven
Dwarves". Cohl was so poor that the electricity in his flat had been
turned off and the candles had ignited his beard. Angry he was never recognized
in his time, he once said: "the
French prefer their artists with marble and flowers on top.".
1949- FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover gave Shirley Temple a pen
that shoots tear gas.
1982- SONY introduced the Camcorder, the personal video
camera.
1986- The worlds first computer virus, Brain, was sent out
over the internet.
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