Birthdays: Roman Emperor Nero, Roman Emperor Lucius Verus
who was known for little else but his really swell haircut, Gustav Eiffel, J.
Paul Getty, Jeff Chandler, Alan Freed, Ernie Pintoff, Tim Conway is 81, Helen
Slater, Don Johnson is 65, Julie Taymor is 62
1893-Czech composer Anton Dvorak premiered a symphony he
wrote while living in the Minnesota. The New World Symphony.
1939- The gala premiere of Gone With The Wind at the Loews
Grand Theater in Atlanta Georgia. Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh flew out from
Hollywood and the Governor of Georgia declared it a state holiday.
1941- Lena Horne recorded her signature tune “Stormy
Weather.”
1943- In Harlem jazz great Fats Waller died of alcoholism
and heart failure. He was 39.
1954-“Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter” starring Fess Parker
was featured on the Walt Disney TV show for the first time. The show created a
mania for little kids, all wanting coonskin caps. “ Born on a mountaintop in
Tenn- Ah- See..”
1966-Walt Disney died at age 65. He was alone in the room at
Saint Joseph's when he died. His last words were scribbled on a piece of paper
in his lap- Kurt Russell. A heavy cigarette smoker- his favorites were Malboro
and French Gitanes- he suffered from lung cancer and respiratory failure.
Contrary to the legend that he's cryogenically frozen in a room in the Sleeping
Beauty Castle at Disneyland, he was cremated and interred at Forest Lawn.
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