Birthdays: Willa Cather, Larry Bird, Piero Mascagni, Madame
Tussaud-1761, Johnny Bench, Louis Prima, Ted Knight –real name Wladsyslaw
Konopka, Victor Kiam II, Noam Chomsky, Ellen Burstyn-real name Edna Mae
Gilhooley, Harry Chapin, Clarence Nash the voice of Donald Duck, Eli Wallach, Tom
Waits, Jeffrey Wright is 51
1842- The New York Philharmonic, the oldest symphony
orchestra in the U.S., gave its first concert, performing works of Beethoven
under the baton of Ureli Corelli Hill.
1919- “Blind Husbands” premiered, the first film by Erich
Von Stroheim. Originally a Viennese hat salesman, Stroheim cultivated his
Germanic aristocratic image on the silver screen. The premiere issue of the New
Yorker in 1923 glibly noted how “Mr. Stroheim has grown a very stylish “Von” in
the Southern California Sun”.
1927- Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller set a world record
in the 150-meter freestyle, one minute 25 and 2/5th seconds. He
competed in two Olympics and was never beaten. He later went to Hollywood and
was the star of the Tarzan movies.
1974- The disco song “Kung Fu Fighting” by Carl Douglas hit
#1 in the pop charts.
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