Birthdays: Elector
Johann-Frederich the Magnanimous, Franz Lehar, Joachim Von Ribbentropp, Max
Skladanowsky, Jaroslav Hasek, Eve Arden, Jill Clayburgh, Alice B. Toklas,
Isaiah Thomas, Cloris Leachman, Jane Campion, Al Lewis, Bill Plympton is 68,
Lars von Trier, Burt Young, Willie Nelson is 82, Kirsten Dunst is 32
1952 - Mr Potato Head is the 1st toy
advertised on television. In 2000 Rhode Island declared itself the Mr Potato
Head State. the Hasbro Toy Company is headquartered in Pawtucket, a city just
outside of Providence.
1976- Great Disney animator Milt
Kahl retired.
1988- Tom Hanks married actress
Rita Wilson.
1992- BERN, the Geneva particle
lab where the World Wide Web was developed by Tim Berner, declared that WWW.
aka the Web would be open and free to all with no restrictions or royalties to
be paid to them.
1993- The Walt Disney Company
announced its’ purchase of top independent film producer Miramax. Ten years
later a feud with Michael Eisner caused Miramax founders the Weinsteins to
leave and form another company. By the time Miramax was sold off in 2010, it
was a shadow of it’s former self..
1997- In the last show of the
season, comedian Ellen Degenere’s character Ellen admits to Laura Dern that
she’s gay. Disney promptly canceled the Ellen Show. Ellen returns with a talk
show that is even more popular.
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