Birthdays: Rudyard Kipling, Gen. Hideki Tojo, W. Eugene
Smith, Luther Burbank, Anna Magnani, Bo Diddley, Sir Carol Reed, Sandy Koufax,
Solomon Guggenheim, Jeanette Nolan, Jack Lord, Franco Harris, Joseph Bologna,
Fred Ward, Tracey Ullman, Russ Tamblyn, Tiger Woods is 41, Heidi Fleiss, Paul
Stookey of Peter, Paul & Mary, Douglas Engelbart the inventor of the
computer mouse, Lebron James is 32, Eliza Dushku is 36
1672- Violinist John Bannister and his orchestra held a
concert at Whitefriars chapel in London. It’s the oldest known music concert
given not to a royalty, but to the general paying public.
1689- The opera Dido & Aeneas by Henry Purcell premiered
in London.
1816- Poet Percy Bysshe Shelley married Mary
Wollenstonecraft. Mary wrote Frankenstein two years later.
1941- “I Vant to be
Alone..” Film Star Greta Garbo announced she was retiring from motion
pictures and all public appearances. She made her disappearing act complete and
was only seen fleeting on the streets of her New York neighborhood until her
death in 1990.
1963- T.V. game show "Let's Make a Deal" with
Monty Hall premieres.
1988- the Pixar short Tin
Toy released. The first CG short to win an Oscar. Until this win, Steve
Jobs was resisting his animation team making films. He was focused on getting
color graphics onto home computers. The film Toy Story began as an attempt to
capitalize on the success of Tin Toy, as a TV special Tinny’s Xmas.
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