Birthdays: Mohammad, Martin
Luther, William Hogarth, Charles the Bold of Burgundy, Francois Couperin, King
George II of England, Frederick Schiller, Claude Rains, Carl Stalling, Tim
Rice, Richard Burton, Roy Scheider, Ann Reinking, MacKenzie Phillips, Russell
Means, Sinbad, Brittany Murphy, George Fenneman-Groucho Marx’s TV announcer,
Sue Kroyer, Tracey Morgan is 48
1950- Paramount's "Mice
Meeting You" The first Herman and Katnip cartoon.
1953- Disney’s short “ Toot
Whistle, Plunk and Boom” released.
1969- The children’s education
show SESAME STREET premiered on PBS TV. The world is introduced to Bert &
Ernie, Cookie Monster, Grover, Big Bird and Mr Hooper.
1975- S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald sinks
at Whitefish Bay in Lake Superior, drowning all 29 crew members and causing a
famous 1970's folk song to happen.
1981- Innovative French film
director Abel Gance died at age 92. Shortly before his death he saw his great
widescreen movie Napoleon restored by British historian Kevin Brownlow and
produced by Francis Ford Coppola with a live audience. At Radio City Music
Hall, Brownlow stretched a telephone cord out on stage so the old man could
hear the wild cheers of the NY audience.
1982- The Vietnam Veterans Wall
designed by Maia Lin opened to the public in Washington D.C,
1995-
Carolco, the Hollywood studio that produced many Arnold Schwarzenegger hits
like "Total Recall" declared bankruptcy after producing $115 million
dollar megaflop "Cutthroat Island".
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