Birthday: Roman poet Ovid 43BC, Napoleon’s son Napoleon II
"l'Aiglon" The eaglet, Henryk Ibsen, Lauritz Melchior, Ray Goulding, Mr.
Rogers, Bobby Orr, Sheldon "Spike" Lee is 58, B.F. Skinner, Pat
Riley, Sir Michael Redgrave, Edgar Buchanan, Holly Hunter is 58, William Hurt
is 66, Carl Reiner is 93, Chris Wedge is 58
1841- Edgar Allen Poe's The Murder's in the Rue Morgue first
published in Graham’s Magazine. Called the first true detective novel, Poe's
detective C. Auguste Dupin was inspired by a real French sleuth named Jules
Vinquoc who used disguises and scientific technique to solve crimes the Paris
police could not handle. Dupin was the inspiration for Conan Doyle's Sherlock
Holmes and Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot.
1852-Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
first published. It sold one million copies within six months. The book was the
first to treat the horrors of slavery directly and portray slave families not
as dumb brutes or happy minstrels but victimized human beings. Because of this
book, Yankee soldiers referred to Southerners as women whippers, and baby sellers.
Mrs. Stowe said modestly: “I didn’t write it, God did. I just took dictation.” When
she visited the White House President Lincoln met her with:”So here’s the
little lady who started the big war.”
1903- Henri Matisse exhibits at the Salon des Independents
in Paris.
1943-MGM's "Dumb Hounded" the first Droopy
Cartoon.
1991- A judge ordered the Walt Disney Company to pay Peggy
Lee $3.8 million for the songs she wrote and performed in the film Lady and the Tramp. This additional
income was from videocassette sales for a re-issue of the soundtrack. In 1955
she was paid $3,500.
1999- Legoland opened in
Carlsbad Cal.
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