Birthdays: Turkish Sultan Mehmed IV-1642, Frederic Opper the
cartoonist of Happy Hooligan, Phillip Freneau, Roger Miller, Issac Asimov,
Julius LaRosa, Tito Schipa, Renata Tebaldi, Tex Ritter, Disney animator Dick Huemer, Cuba Gooding Jr, is 46, Tia Carrere, Kate
Bosworth is 31
1843- Richard Wagner’s opera The Flying Dutchman premiered
in Dresden.
1937- Hollywood actor Ross Alexander had hit on tough times.
He had been in a few movies like Captain Blood and A Midsummer Night’s Dream
but his career seemed to be stalled and he was deeply in debt. This day the 29
year old went into the barn behind his Valley ranch home and shot himself. The
Warner Bros. Studio looked around for a replacement to refill their roster of
male leads. They replaced Alexander with an Illinois college sportscaster named
“Dutch”- Ronald Reagan.
1975- In a letter to the makers of the Altair personal
computer, Bill Gates and Paul Allen offer their computer language BASIC from
their new company they call Micro-Soft.
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