Birthdays: Issac Bashevis Singer, Frederick Maytag, inventor of the electronic washing machine-1857, Emiline Pankhurst, Woody Guthrie, Gerald Ford, Ingmar Bergman, Jerry Rubin, Scott Rudin, Rosie Grier, Harry Dean Stanton, Polly Bergen, Gustav Klimt, Terry Thomas, Jimmy Hoffa, Dave Fleischer, Bill Hanna, Walt Stanchfield, Joel Silver, Vincent (Big Pussy) Pastore
1908- The Adventures of Dolliepremiered, the first movie of D.W. Griffith.
1917- Buster Keaton made his film debut in the Fatty Arbuckle comedy The Butcher Boy.
1933- Well Blow Me Down!- Max Fleischer's first "Popeye the Sailor" cartoon debuted. The character was first created by Elzie Segar for his Thimble Theater comic strip. Vaudvillian Red Pepper Sam provided his salty mumbles throughout the post-sync track. When Sam asked for more money than Max Fleischer thought he was worth, he replaced him with assistant animator Jack Mercer, who was the voice ever after.
1946 – Dr. Benjamin Spock's "Common Sense Book of Baby & Child Care" published
1951 - 1st color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race)
1967 - The new band called The Who began a US tour as the opening act for Herman’s Hermits.
1969- The movie Easy Rider premiered.
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