Birthdays: Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius, Saladin, Hungarian
nationalist Leopold Kossuth, Brian Epstein, "Momma" Cass Elliot,
Frank Tashlin, Dr. Ferry Porsche- inventor of the Porsche race car, Twiggy–
real name Leslie Hornby, William Golding author of The Lord of the Flies, Paul
Williams is 77, Adam West, Frances Farmer, David McCallum, Duke Snyder, Jeremy
Irons is 69, Jimmy Fallon is 43.
1926- THE BIG ONE- Before Irma, this day Miami Florida was
destroyed by a huge Hurricane. They didn’t have names then. The storm stopped a
real estate boom in South Florida. SnowBirds from up north invested millions in
land that turned out to be under water. The Marx Brothers poked fun at the
craze in their 1929 film The Cocoanuts. As Groucho said:” Florida Folks.
Sunshine, Sunshine, now let’s get the auction started before there is a
tornado.”
1931- The Marx Brothers comedy “Monkey Business”
premiered.
1936- Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald record “Indian Love
Call”. When I’m Calling You, Oooh-ohhoohhh, Ohhhh-ohhh-oohhhhhhh”, etc.
1942- 75 Years Ago. Chuck
Jones cartoon The Dover Boys,
released.
1945- Little Shirley Temple, now all grown up, married actor
John Agar, who she met on the set of John Ford's film Fort Apache.
1970- The Mary Tyler Moore TV Show premiered.
1995- Orville Reddenbacher 'the Popcorn king' died.
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