Birthdays: Gaius Julius Caesar is 2,114 years old, Henry
David Thoreau, Impressionist painter Eugene Boudin, Oscar Hammerstein, Kirsten
Flagstad, Andrew Wyeth, Pablo Neruda, George Eastman, Milton Berle, Cheryl
Ladd, Van Cliburn, Buckminster Fuller, George Washington Carver, Josiah
Wedgewood- of Wedgewood china and pottery, Michelle Rodriguez, Richard Simmons,
Krysty Yamaguchi, Bill Cosby is 77, Ben Burtt- George Lucas’ sound effects guru
who created the sounds of Darth Vader and R2D2, is 66.
1870- Celluloid film patented. The inventor had been trying
to find a substitute for ivory billiard balls. Inventor George Eastman later
perfected the sprocket and hole system of roll film for cameras, replacing the
large glass plates.
1949- The Chairman of IBM, Thomas Watson Sr., predicted that
one day all the moving parts of machines would be replaced by electronics.
1960: The first Etch-a-Sketch goes on sale. Frenchman Arthur Granjean, invented it. (he
called it L’Ecran Magique, or “The Magic Screen”). After failing to get some of
the bigger toy companies to bite, he sold his invention to the Ohio Art
Company.
1962 – The Rolling Stones 1st performance at the Marquee
Club, London. One band member named Elmo Lewis, changed his name to Brian
Jones.
1979- Disco Demolition Night. Chicago Fans could get into
Comisky Park for 98 cents if they each brought a Disco record to burn.
Thousands of records were thrown at the players like Frisbees while they were
trying to play, so Chicago was forced to forfeit the game. “I love the
Nightlife, I love the Nightlife…”
1990- TV series Northern Exposure premiered.
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