Birthdays: Gaius Julius Caesar, Henry David Thoreau,
Impressionist painter Eugene Boudin, Oscar Hammerstein, Kirsten Flagstad,
Andrew Wyeth, Pablo Neruda, George Eastman, Milton Berle, Cheryl Ladd, Van
Cliburn, Buckminster Fuller, George Washington Carver, Josiah Wedgewood- of
Wedgewood china and pottery, Michelle Rodriguez, Richard Simmons, Krysty
Yamaguchi, Bill Cosby is 81, Ben Burt- George Lucas’ sound effects guru who
created the sounds of Darth Vader and R2D2, is 69.
1870- Celluloid film patented. The inventor had been trying
to find a substitute for ivory billiard balls. Inventor George Eastman later
perfected the sprocket and hole system of roll film for cameras, replacing the
large glass plates. Celluloid would provide the basis for photography and movies until 2012.
1960: The first Etch-a-Sketch goes on sale. Frenchman Arthur Granjean, invented it. (he
called it L’Ecran Magique, or “The Magic Screen”). After failing to get some of
the bigger toy companies to bite, he sold his invention to the Ohio Art
Company.
1962 – The Rolling Stones 1st performance at the Marquee
Club, London. One band member named Elmo Lewis, changed his name to Brian
Jones.
1990- TV series Northern
Exposure premiered.
1997- Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke premiered in Japan.
1997- Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke premiered in Japan.
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