Birthdays: Joshua Norton aka Joshua Ist Emperor of the
United States 1819, Jack Benny- real name Benjamin Koubeilsky, Frederick
Douglas, Christopher Latham Scholes- inventor of the typewriter, George
Washington Ferris inventor of the Ferris Wheel, Pier Francesco Cavalli, Jimmy
Hoffa, Vic Morrow, Skeezix Wallet (character in Gasoline Alley comic strip),
Gregory Hines, Ignaz Friedman, Thelma Ritter, Carl Andersen, Hugh Downs, Jim
Kelly, Florence Henderson, Meg Tilly, Alan Parker, Simon Pegg is 47,
Margaret Knight the inventor of the flat bottom paper bag
still in use in supermarkets today. The
character Lara Croft, 1968.
Happy Lupercalia, later Valentines Day.
1886- Los Angeles began to export its first trainload of
oranges back east.
1907- Golden Books incorporated. One of their artists was
Gustav Tennegren, who would become the
stylist of Walt Disney's Pinnochio.
1927-Alfred Hitchcock’s first suspense film “The Lodger”
opened in London.
1931- Tod Browning's film of the play Dracula, starring
Hungarian actor's union organizer and recreational morphine addict Bela Lugosi,
premiered.
1962- First Lady Jackie Kennedy gave a tour to network
television cameras of the private living quarters of the White House. It’s the
first time most Americans had ever seen the inside of the Executive Mansion.
She worked mostly without a script, adding her own details as she went along.
The day after the broadcast, Pres. Kennedy called the FCC just to see how here
Nielsen ratings were. They were much higher than his speeches ever were.
1967- Former kinky pinup model Betty Page married Harry
Lear.
1979- Digital music composer Walter Carlos, who scored the
film A Clockwork Orange, announced he had undergone a sex change and was now
Wendy Carlos.
1991-Meg Ryan married Dennis
Quaid.
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