Birthdays: Malcolm X- real name
Malcolm Little, Ho Chi Minh- real name Ngyun Tat Tanth- Ho Chi Minh means the
Enlightener, Giovanni Della Robbia, John Hopkins, Lord Waldorf Astor, Dame
Nelly Melba, Frank Capra, Wilson Mizner, Elena Poniatowska, Jim Lehrer, Nora
Ephron, Grace Jones, Peter Mahew (Chewbacca), Nancy Kwan, Pete
Townshend, Joey Ramone, Jimmy Hoffa Jr, Polly Walker, and former Disney animator turned animation instructor Tom Sito is 58
1884 - Ringling Brothers circus
premiered.
1927- Sid Grauman's Chinese
Theater in Hollywood opened. Ushers and doorman were dressed in imported
Mandarin silk robes and wall hangings were painted by young artist/actor Key
Luke. Sid Grauman was the showman who also invented the Hollywood premiere with
spotlights and limo's pulling up to red carpets, etc.
1934- Mickey Mouse short cartoon
Gulliver Mickey.
1956- Cecil B. de Milles film
" The Ten Commandments" premiered. Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne
Baxter and Edward G, Robinson.
1956- The Disney film Pollyana
debuted, making a star of Haley Mills.
1960 - DJ Alan Freed is accused of
bribery in the radio payola scandal, the first scandal to hit the new world of
Rock & Roll.
1962- Giant birthday party and
rally held for President John F. Kennedy in New York's Madison Square Garden
-his birthday was actually the following week. What made it memorable was
Marilyn Monroe in a dress so tight she had to be sewn into it, singing her sexy
version of the Happy Birthday song. 'Haapie (exhale) Burth- Day, Mister - Prezz-
a -dent (sigh), Happy, etc. "
1997- Matthew Broderick married
Sarah Jessica Parker.
1998- George Lucas much
anticipated film Star Wars Episode One the Phantom Menace premiered, the first
Star Wars sequel in 20 years. It featured Jarr Jarr Binks, a character so
annoying that web sites like www. I Want Jarr-Jarr to Die-Die.Com soon racked
up tens of thousands of hits.
2000- Walt Disney film Dinosaur
opened.
2004- Shrek 2 opened.
2005- Star Wars: The Revenge of
the Sith premiered.
2006-
Dreamworks animated film ‘Over the Hedge’ premiered.
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