Birthdays: Michel de Montaigne, The Marquis de Montcalm,
Samuel 'Zero" Mostel, Vasclav Nijinsky, Molly Picon, Gavin MacCleod, Sir
John Tenniel, Bernadette Peters, Bubba Smith, Mario Andretti, Milton Caniff-
the creator of Terry and the Pirates", Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel, Tommy Tune, Vincente
Minelli, Linus Pauling, Dorothy Stratton, Rae Dong Chong, John Tarturro, Jack
Abramoff
1896- Robert Paul demonstrates a kinetograph to the Royal
Institute.
The British Cinema is
born.
1920 Maurice Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin debuted..
1940- At the Oscars ceremony Hattie McDaniel became the
first black actress to win an Oscar for her role in Gone With The Wind. When the NAACP criticized her for portraying a
stereotyped black mammy, McDaniel snapped:” I’d rather make $5000 a week
playing a maid than $5 a week being a maid!”
1953-Chuck Jone’s short cartoon “Duck-Amuck” debuts- called
by Steven Speilberg the Citizen Kane of Animation.
1983- The last episode of the television series
M*A*S*H. It was the single most watched
TV episode in history.
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