Birthdays: John Harvard 1607(founder of Harvard University),
Bat Masterson, Eugene Ionesco, Bruno Richard Hauptmann, Marian Mercer, Tina
Turner, Charles Schulz, Cyril Cusak, Eric Severaid, Rich Little, Wendy
Turnbull, Robert Goulet.
1865- Lewis Carroll sent a copy of the completed manuscript
of his fantasy Alice in Wonderland to his 12 year old friend and inspiration
Alice Liddell. Carroll later published the book with his own money. This is one
of the first books written solely to amuse children, and not to educate or
discipline them.
1940- The first Woody Woodpecker Cartoon,
"Knock-Knock.’
1945- Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie recorded KoKo, the
first bebop Jazz single. Instead of big bands as was the fashion, they used a
smaller quintet. The pianist at the session didn’t have his New York union card
so after his solo, Dizzy dropped his trumpet and did the piano backup to Birds’
solo. The term Bop came from an earlier Lionel Hampton hit “Hey-Bop-A-ReBop”.
Jazz critic Ira Gitler picked up on the witty interplay between musicians, and
began wrote of the new sound as BeBop.
1990- Acting on the example of Sony’s purchase of
MGM-Columbia studios, Matushita (Panasonic) bought MCA- Universal studios for
$6.6 billion. After a few fruitless years they sold it to the Bronfmans group,
the distillers of Seagram’s Whiskey.
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