Birthdays: Tyrone Power, Karl Marx, Elizabeth Cochrane
called Nellie Bly, Soren Kierkegard, Alice Faye, James Beard, Michael Palin is
71, Pat Carroll the voice of Ursula in Little Mermaid, Patrick Ewing, John Rhys Davies is 70, Lance Henriksen is 74,
Brian Williams, Floyd Gottfredson
National Teacher's Day.
National Cartoonist's Day.
1953- Broadway Director Jerome Robbins was riding high after
directing hits like On the Town and King & I, when he was labeled a
Communist. To save his career, this day he testified before Joseph McCarthy’s
House UnAmerican Activities Committee and named names. One actress he finked
on, Margaret Lee said” I’ve just been
stabbed by a wicked fairy”. Ironically Robbins went on to direct two of his
biggest 1960s hits “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and the Fiddler
on the Roof using blacklisted actors like Zero Mostel, Beatrice Arthur and Jack
Gilford, who all hated him.
1968- Albert Dekker, star of monster movies like Dr. Cyclops,
was found hanged in his bathroom, handcuffed, and wearing ladies lingerie. A
narcotics needle was sticking in his arm. The police declared it an “ auto-erotic episode that had gone
wrong."
1975- Anne Rice’s novel The Interview With The Vampire first
published.
2006- Walt Disney Company acquired Pixar Studio.
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