Birthdays: Roman Emperor Nero, Roman Emperor Lucius Verus
who was known for little else but his really swell haircut, Gustav Eiffel, J.
Paul Getty, Jeff Chandler, Alan Freed, Ernie Pintoff, Tim Conway is 80, Helen
Slater, Don Johnson is 64, Julie Taymor is 61
1939- The gala premiere of Gone With The Wind at the Loews
Grand Theater in Atlanta Georgia. Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh flew out from Hollywood
and the Governor of Georgia declared it a state holiday.
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1941- Lena Horne recorded her signature tune “Stormy Weather.”
1943- In Harlem jazz great Fats Waller died of alcoholism
and heart failure. He was 39.
1954-“Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter” starring Fess Parker
was featured on the Walt Disney TV show for the first time. The show created a
mania for little kids, all wanting coonskin caps. “ Born on a mountaintop in
Tenn- Ah- See..”
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1966-Walt Disney died at age 65. He was alone in the room at
Saint Joseph's when he died. A heavy cigarette smoker- his favorites were
Malboro and French Gitanes- he suffered from lung cancer and respiratory
failure. Contrary to the legend that
he's cryogenically frozen in a room in the Sleeping Beauty Castle at
Disneyland, he was cremated and interred at Forest Lawn. Or maybe that’s what he
wants us to think?!
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