Birthdays: Rudyard Kipling, Gen. Hideki Tojo, W. Eugene
Smith, Luther Burbank, Anna Magnani, Bo Diddley, Sir Carol Reed, Sandy Koufax,
Solomon Guggenheim, Jeanette Nolan, Jack Lord, Joseph Bologna,
Fred Ward is 71, Tracey Ullman. Paul Stookey
of Peter, Paul & Mary, Douglas Engelbart the inventor of the computer
mouse
1672- Violinist John Bannister and his orchestra held a
concert at Whitefriars chapel in London. It’s the oldest known music concert
given not to a royalty, but to the general paying public.
1689- The opera Dido & Aeneas by Henry Purcell premiered
in London.
1816- Poet Percy Bysshe Shelley married Mary
Wollenstonecraft. Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein two years later.
1941- “I Vant to be
Alone..” Film Star Greta Garbo announced she was retiring from motion
pictures and all public appearances. She made her disappearing act complete and
was only seen fleeting on the streets of New York until her death in the 1990s.
1963- T.V. game show "Let's Make a Deal" with
Monty Hall premieres.
1988 the Pixar short Tin Toy released. The first CG short to
win an Oscar. Until this win, Steve Jobs was resisting his animation team
making films. He was focused on getting color graphics onto home computers.
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