Birthdays: Sandro Botticelli, Eric Satie, Ayatollah Khomeni,
Edmond Jenner, Archibald Cox, Sugar Ray Leonard, Maureen O'Sullivan, Howard
Ashman, Craig Ferguson is 52, Bill Paxton is 59, Ralph Wright- the original
voice of Eeyore, Alan Kay-inventor of the laptop computer, Dennis Hopper, Enya
is 53- born Eithne Patricia Ni’ Bhraonain
1826- Artist-Naturalist John James Audubon departs for
England ”in deep sorrow” because he could find no publisher in America for his
masterpiece the “Birds of North America”.
1845 - Rubber bands invented.
1890 - Comic Cuts, 1st weekly comic newspaper, published in
London.
1924- Marcus Loew of the Loew's theater chain buys Metro
Pictures and combines them with Sam Goldwyn and Louis B. Mayer’s studio to form
Metro Goldwyn Mayer.
1931- Vaudeville dancer James Cagney became a tough guy
movie star when the Howard Hawk’s film Public Enemy debuted. “I wish you wuz a
wishing well… so I could tie a bucket to ya and sink ya!”
1938 - Radio quiz show "Information Please!"
debuts on NBC Blue Network.
1941- The Looney Toon Lockout. Producer Leon Schlesinger
tries to forestall the unionization of his Bugs Bunny cartoonists by locking
them out. After a week he relents and recognizes the cartoonist guild. Chuck
Jones called it “our own little six-day war.”
1954-" Brown vs. Board of Ed" Supreme Court ruled
segregation illegal. Future justice Thurgood Marshal was the successful
attorney.
1965- Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke shake hands and
agree to write a sci-fi movie, with accompanying novel. First called How the Solar System was Won,
then Journey Beyond the Stars, the title was finally- 2001: A Space Odyssey.
1971 - Stephen Schwartz' musical "Godspell,"
premiered off-Broadway.
1973 - Stevie Wonder releases "You are the Sunshine of
my Love"
1978- Sony and Phillips Electronics introduce the Compact
Disc, where the music is played by a laser instead of a needle.
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