Birthdays:
Maimonides, Anna Sewell (the author of Black Beauty),
Vincent Van Gogh, Francisco Goya, John Astin, Peter Marshall, Warren Beatty is
76, Eric Clapton is 67, Arthur Lee Harrington the designer of the first Jeep,
Tracey Chapman, Robby Coltrane, Paul Reiser, Celine Dion, Nora Jones is 36,
Disney animator Marc Davis
1853- The pencil eraser patented.
1918- Thomas Edison sold his studio and gets out of the
movie business. He had earlier fired W.K.L. Dickson inventor of the movie
studio set, Edwin Porter the inventor of the narrative film, and J. Stuart
Blackton the inventor of cartoon animation for annoying him too much about
filmmaking. Edison was more interested in finding a way to extract iron ore
from rocks using magnets.
1968- In New York’s Bowery district two children find the
body of a homeless drug addict. The John Doe is later identified as Bobby
Driscoll, 31, Walt Disney child star and the voice of Peter Pan.
2000- Dreamworks animated feature the Road to El Dorado
premiered.
2007- Disney’s Meet the Robinsons.
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