Birthdays: Sir David Brewster,1781- inventor of the
kaleidoscope, Fiorello LaGuardia, Robert Koch, conqueror of tuberculosis,
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Carlo Ponti,
Gilbert Roland, Big Mama Mabel Thornton, Jean Marais, Jean Louis Tritignant,
Tom Hayden, Jermaine Jackson, McCoy Tyner- John Coltrane's pianist, Brenda Lee,
Rita Moreno is 82, Teri Garr is 66, Mos Def is 40, Mo’nique is 46
1793- Last July when the French Revolutionary Convention heard
of the assassination of their great radical leader Jean Paul Marat one delegate
called out “David ! We Need You!” This day Jacques David unveiled his painting
THE DEATH OF MARAT for the first time.
1882- The Bijou Theater in Boston presented Gilbert and
Sullivan’s Iolanthe in the first show
completely illuminated by electric light bulbs.
1926- Josephine Baker performed her banana dance in
Amsterdam.
1941- Gone With The Wind producer David Selznick pitched a
movie version of Hitler’s book Mein Kampf to be directed by Alfred Hitchcock
and written by Ben Hecht. Mercifully for moviegoers, the idea was soon dropped.
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1970- Walt Disney's the 'Aristocats' premiered.
2009- Disney’s animated Princess and the Frog.
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