Birthdays: Lily Pons, Richard Tauber, Henry Fonda, Liberace-
real name Wladziu Valentine Liberace, Jan Kiepura, Edmund Kirby-Smith, Gabriela
Sabbatini, Thurman Thomas, Margaret Sullivan, Olga Korbut- the original
adorable underage Olympic Gold Medal gymnast, Debra Winger is 59, Tori
Spelling, Janet Jackson, Woody Herman, Studs Terkel, Ivan Sutherland, creator of the first CG animation program is 75,
Pierce Brosnan is 61.
1929- The First Academy Awards ceremony at the Rose Ballroom
of the Biltmore Hotel. The best picture winner was William Wellman’s “Wings”.
The name Oscar for the award supposedly came from joking that it’s butt looked
like Betty Davis’ husband Oscar’s. The ceremony was originally a dinner party
with some industry business conducted. During the Depression in 1933 the Oscars
was the place to announce across the board wage rollbacks and salary cuts. Must
have made for a swell party.
1946- the musical Annie Get Your Gun starring Ethel Merman
premiered on Broadway.
1957- in a small town in Pennsylvania, a failing small time
businessman who had been drinking heavily, died of a heart attack at age 54.
Ironically, he had just approved the first draft of a memoir about his days as
a young Treasury Agent in Al Capone’s Chicago. His name was Elliot Ness. The
book - The Untouchables- became a national best seller and Hollywood turned it
into a hit television series, films. Elliot Ness became the most famous lawman
since Wyatt Earp.
1965 – the birthday of
Spaghetti-O's.
1975 - Wings release "Listen
to What the Man Said" in UK
1979- Shooting wraps on 1941,
Steven Spielbergs first flop.
1980 - Brian May of rock group
Queen collapses on stage with hepatitis.
1980 - Paul McCartney releases
"McCartney II" album
1986 – the film "Top
Gun," directed by Tony Scott and starring Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis
premiered.
1990- Jim Henson died of viral
pneumonia at Bellevue Hospital in NYC. He was 53.
2009-
Pixars film UP premiered.
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