Birthdays: Big Jim Fisk , Edmund
Rostand, Lon Chaney, Sir William Harvey*, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Ali McGraw,
Toshiro Mifune, , Debbie Reynolds is 82, Phil Neikro, Wallace Beery, Jane
Powell, Bo Schembechler, Annette O’Toole, Barry Sonnenfeld, Rachel Maddow is 40
1923- Developers S.H. Woodruff and
Canadian William Whitley start advertising lots for sale in Hollywoodland,
beneath his his giant new Hollywoodland sign. The sign originally was covered
with lightbulbs. It collapsed and was repaired in 1939, the 'land' part never
restored. The Hollywood Sign was made over again in 1978.
1944- Tex Avery's "Screwball
Squirrel" Only a few shorts were made. As one artist reminisced:" Everyone found that squirrel just
too annoying!"
1976- Two college dropouts, Steve
Wozniak and Steve Jobs started a company named Apple Computers. A third partner
small businessman Ron Wayne sold his shares to Jobs & Woz before they filed
papers of incorporation. He didn’t want to get stuck with the bill when they
failed. He sold his third for $800. In 2011 Apple surpassed Microsoft as the
worlds richest company.
1996- Animation World Network,
Toontown’s virtual trade magazine, started up. www.AWN.com
2004-
G-Mail invented.
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