Birthdays: US Vice President Schuyler Colfax, Akira
Kurosawa, Joan Crawford, Dr Werner Von Braun, Juan Gris, Chaka Khan, Paul Grimault,
Sidney Hillman Jack Ruby, Joan Collins, Eric Fromm, Fanny Farmer, Catherine
Keener is 58, Hope Davis is 53
1721- Johann Sebastian Bach sent the first copy of his
Brandenburg Concertos to the Margrave of Brandenburg. When the Margrave died
and an inventory was made of his holdings in Berlin, the value placed on each
concerto was six groschen, or about $5 each.
1936- Ollie Johnston got a job as Fred Moore’s assistant at
the Walt Disney Studio.
1957- Art Clokey's "Gumby" Show. Clokey created
the green clay fellow for his USC college thesis film.
1990- President George Bush Sr.
banned broccoli from the White House.
He joked; "Read My Lips ! I hate Broccoli !"
2003- Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away won the Oscar for Best
Animated Feature Film, Beating out Lilo
& Stitch and Treasure Planet.
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