Birthdays: French Admiral Bailly de Suffren, Cheech Marin,
Father Flannagan, Cameron Crowe, Woye Solenka, Dave Garroway, Chef Paul
Prudhomme, Michael Spinks, Film special effects artist Jim Danforth, Dr. Erno
Rubik inventor of the Rubik’s Cube, Patrick Stewart is 76, Harrison Ford is 74,
Tom Kenny the voice of Spongebob Squarepants is 55
1925- Walt Disney and Lillian Bounds marry. Lillian was one
of the first female animation ink & paint artists.
1930 – David Sarnoff the head of
the NBC radio network said in the NY Times," The new invention of
Television would be a theater in every home". Sounded crazy back then.
Critics said it would require one room of the house be darkened, and they
doubted people would just sit still that long.
1939- Frank Sinatra recorded his first album, this one with
the Harry James Orchestra.
1949- Hollywood Studio exec David O. Selznick left his first
wife Esther, the daughter of Louis B. Mayer, to marry actress Jennifer Jones.
40th Anniv. 1977- The Great New York City Blackout of '77. For the
second time in 20 years the w power grid breaks down. Unlike the 1964 or 2003
Blackouts, it was much longer, much hotter and humid, and there was no full
moon to illuminate the city. There was some urban looting, and serial killer
Son of Sam was on the loose. No wonder they called New York “ Fun City”.
1984- The film The
Last Starfighter with Robert Preston opened. The first movie where all the
spaceships and effects were done with cgi instead of miniature models.
1985- Boomtown Rats vocalist Bob Geldorf organized a massive
live concert called LIVE AID. Televised and seen by 1.5 billion people, it
raised money for African famine relief. Madonna, Santanna, Paul McCartney, The
Beach Boys and reunions of Crosby, Stills and Nash, The Who and Led Zeppelin.
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