Birthdays: Plato, Fats Waller, Albrecht Durer, Andre
Sakharov, Armand Hammer, Raymond Burr, Dennis Day,
Sen. Al Franken is 63, Harold Robbins, Judge Reinhold, Larry Terro called Mr.
T. is 62
John Hubley- Animation Filmmaker, activist, co-founder of ASIFA would be 100
1914-1977
1892- Leoncavallo's opera "I Pagliacci" debuts at
La Scala.
1908 - 1st horror movie “Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde” premiered
in Chicago.
1922- On the Road to Moscow, the first political cartoon to
win a Pulitzer prize. The cartoonist Rollin Kirby, was passionate about
Prohibition. He had a regular character to extol temperance named Mr. Dry. When
Prohibition was repealed in 1933 Kirby killed off Mr. Dry in print.
1933- Woolie Reitherman’s first day at Walt Disney Studio.
1945- BOGEY LOVES BABY-Humphrey Bogart married Lauren Bacall
on a friend’s farm in Ohio. He was 48 and she was 21.
1972- A Hungarian lunatic shouting I am Jesus Christ,
attacked Michelangelo’s statue La Pieta with a hammer. He is the reason why
today we can only enjoy this beautiful sculpture from behind 3 inch thick
bulletproof glass.
1980 – Star Wars “The Empire Strikes Back" premiered.
1983 - David Bowie's "Let's "Dance," single
goes #1. The tracks featured a then little know guitarist named Stevie-Ray
Vaughn.
1992- Tonight Show host Johnny Carson did his last show “I
bid you a very heartfelt goodnight.” Johnny spent his remaining years in
privacy, even ignoring an invitation to appear at the NBC 75th anniversary
spectacular.
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