Birthdays: Andrea Del Sarto, Sir
Joshua Reynolds, Ginger Rogers, Pinchas Zukerman,
Orville Redenbacher, Roald
Amundsen, Sunny Tufts, Barbera Stanwyck, Reuben Blades, Mary Baker-Eddy the
founder of Christian Science, Phoebe Cates, Will Farrell is 50
1769- Fra Junipero Serra founded
his first Mission settlement in California- San Diego de Alcala, now present
day San Diego. The master plan was to create a string of missions from San
Diego to San Francisco one days ride apart- San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano,
Santa Anna, San Gabriel, Santa Maria Reina de Los Angeles, etc.
1932- Cecil B. DeMille shot the scene in his film Sign of
the Cross where Claudette Colbert took a bath in asses milk. Legend has it that
DeMille insisted on real milk in the bath and that by the second day the hot
studio lights had curdled it to a smelly cheese. But production notes show the
scene was all shot in one day. DeMille always got away with sexy semi-nude
scenes by putting them in biblical settings. After all, who would criticize a
morality tale from the Good Book?
1951- J.D. Salinger's
"Catcher in the Rye" published.
1954- Groundbreaking for the
construction of Disneyland.
1956 –The Last time Ringling Bros,
Barnum & Bailey Circus performed under a canvas circus tent.
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