.Quiz: In Japan, you know what is a samurai and a ninja is,
what is a Mikado?
Yesterday’s Question answered
below: “He’s the terror of the Spanish Main!” Where
or what is the Spanish Main?
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History for 2/1/2017
Birthdays: Victor Herbert, Langston Hughes, Renata Tebaldi,
Clark Gable, John Ford, George Pal, Terry Jones, Jim Thorpe, Sherman Helmsley,
Lisa Marie Presley, Garrett Morris, Boris Yeltsin, Billy Mumy is 63, Pauly
Shore, Sherilyn Fenn is 52, Michael C. Hall is 46
1887- California land developer Harvey Wilcox takes out a
county deed for a new ranch he calls 'Hollywoodland' after the name of an
estate his wife admired back in Connecticut. It gave its name to the new Los
Angeles town- Hollywood.
1893- In New Jersey Thomas Edison and his Canadian engineer
W. K. Dickson built the FIRST MOTION PICTURE STUDIO in New Jersey.
1896- Puccini's opera "La Boheme" debuts in Turin.
It was based on Prosper Merimee’s popular book Bohemian Sketches.
1915- The Fox Film Company formed (Later Twentieth Century
Fox).
1964- Indiana Governor Matthew Walsh declares that the Rock
& Roll song “Louie-Louie” by the Kingsmen was pornographic and should be
banned. The FCC investigated and their conclusion was that the “lyrics are
unintelligible at any speed”. The song remained a major hit.
1990- Siegfried & Roy open their exclusive show at the
Mirage Casino in Las Vegas. They and their white tigers have performed for
Hollywood stars, presidents and Pope John Paul II. One Vegas columnist noted: “When Elvis performed in Vegas there were
some empty seats. But there are nothing but full houses when Siegfreid &
Roy perform.” The act was finally ended by Roy’s throat being slashed by a
tiger in 2003.
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