Birthdays: Dr. Martin Luther King, Moliere, Gamal Abdel
Nasser, outlaw Cole Younger, Charro, Matthew Brady, drummer Gene Krupa, Lloyd
Bridges, Mario Van Peebles, Josef Broyer the mentor of Sigmund Freud, Margaret
O’Brien, Aristotle Onassis, Captain Beefheart, Dr. Edward Teller, Disney animator Dave Pruiksma
1936-THE DGA- Several top Hollywood directors including
Lewis Milestone, Ruben Mamoulian and William Wellman met at King Vidor’s house
and pledged $100 dollars each to form the Screen Director’s Guild, later the
Director’s Guild of America. Final recognition and contracts were signed by President Frank
Capra in 1940.
1947-”THE BLACK DAHLIA”- One of the most lurid murder cases
in Los Angeles history. A little girl playing in a vacant lot discovered the
remains of high priced prostitute Elisabeth Short, 22, who used to work the
Biltmore Hotel. She was named the Black Dahlia because of the black pullover
sweaters and black lingerie she favored. Her body had been sawed in half and
completely drained of blood, and the initials 'BD' carved on her thigh. Her
body showed signs of torture. The murderer was never found. The incident was
the basis for a movie called “True Confessions” with Robert DeNiro and Robert
Duval. The last detective on the case died in 2003.
1960- Walt Disney Presents Leslie Neilsen as Revolutionary War
guerrilla Francis Marion in the adventure series Swamp Fox.
1974- The first episode of Happy Days premiered with Ron
Howard as Richie Cunningham and Henry Winkler as Da Fonz.
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