Birthdays:
artist Tobias Stummer-1539, Duke Maximillian Ist of Bavaria- leader of the
Catholic League 1579, Nikita Khruschev, Thorton Wilder, Clarence Darrow, Arthur
Schnabel, Olivia Hussey is 63, Gregor Piatigorsky, Don Kirschner, William
Holden, Harry Reasoner, Boomer Eiseason, Sean Bean is 55, Victoria Beckham, Ron
Miller, Jennifer Garner is 42
1865-
In Washington DC At ten o¹clock in the evening Federal agents show up at Mary
Surrat¹s Boarding House and arrest the remaining conspirators in the
assassination of President Abraham Lincoln: George Atzenrodt, Lewis Paine and
Mrs Surrat. Their leader John Wilkes Booth with David Herold were on the run in
the back country of Virginia. The four mentioned were hanged and a dozen others
implicated were given prison sentences. But historians disagree about how
extensive the conspiracy was. As Lewis Paine said when he was captured:"
You don¹t know the half of it!" perhaps we never will.
1924-
Metro Pictures, Goldwyn and Mayer Films all merged to become Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer. By 1940 MGM was the largest studio in Hollywood.
1937
"Porky's Duck Hunt" The birth of Daffy Duck. One legendary story is
that newly hired voice actor Mel Blanc in part designed Daffys distinctive lisp
to be an impression of the Looney Tunes boss Leon Schlensinger. When they
screened this cartoon all the artists stood in dread of how Leon would take the
joke. Leon never made the connection that the Ducks voice was an imitation of
him:" Gee Fellers, dat Duck iz pretty Ffffunny!"
1971-
The song "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night tops the pop charts .
1987-
Comedian Dick Shawn the Hippy-Hitler in the original Mel Brooks film the
Producers- was doing his one-man show The Second Funniest Man in the World at
UC San Diego. After one particularly funny punch line he fell over dead from a
heart attack. The audience roared for several more minutes at him lying there
face down because they thought it was part of the act.
2011- The first season of Game of
Thrones premiered in the U.S. on HBO.
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