Birthdays: Amerigo Vespucci, John Calhoun, Nicholai
Rimsky-Korsakov, Neville Chamberlain, Wilson Picket, Edgar Cayce, John Updike,
Grover Cleveland, Edward Everett Horton, Vanessa Williams, F. W. DeKlerk,
George Plympton, Peter Graves, Irene Cara, Luc Besson, Queen Latifah is 46
1924-The film “Thief of Baghdad” starring Douglas Fairbanks
and designs by William Cameron Menzies premiered. It is considered the first
great special effects blockbuster.
1942- Paramounts “The Lost Dream” the first Little Audrey
cartoon.
1965-The Rolling Stones are fined 5 English pence for
urinating on a wall in Stratford at ABC recording studio Romford.
1967- The Pirates of the Caribbean ride opened at
Disneyland, designed by master animator Marc Davis. In recent years rampant
political correctness has disturbed the pirates fun. One diorama that portrayed
a lusty buccaneer chasing a wench around a table while she giggles. It was
changed to show he was only interested in her sandwich tray.
1968- Mel Brooks first film “The Producers” premiered with
Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder and Dick Shawn. His screenplay beat out Kubricks 2001
for a Best Screenplay Oscar. In the late 1990s Brooks reworked the screenplay
into a hit Broadway musical.
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