Birthdays: Gautama
Buddha –as commemorated by Japanese custom-Kambutsue, Ponce De Leon, King
Albert of the Belgians, Mary Pickford, Yip Harburg, Betty Ford, Sonja Henje,
Jim Catfish Hunter, Jacques Brel, Darlene Gillespie, Julian Lennon, Carmen
McCrae, Shecky Green, Douglas Trumbull, Robin Wright is 48, Patricia Arquette
1876- Amiliare
Ponchielli’s opera La Gioconda debuted. The ballet portion is famous as the
Dance of the Hours.
1911-Vitagraph
releases Winsor McCay's short cartoon "Little Nemo" theatrically.
1933-The WPA- Works
Progress Administration-later renamed the Works Projects Administration
founded. It was the Franklin Roosevelt Administration’s massive jobs program to
heal the Depression by putting unemployed people back to work. They built
bridges, dams, roads, federal buildings. The WPA arts projects employed artists
like Grant Wood, Berenice Abbott and Thomas Hart Benton and put on plays with
Orson Welles and John Houseman.
1973- Famed artist
Pablo Picasso died at 91. His last words were 'Drink to me'. On his night table
was a comic book drawn by former Disney animator Vip Partch.
1986- Actor Clint
Eastwood was elected mayor of the town of Carmel, California.
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