Birthdays: Douglas Fairbanks Sr.,
Scatman Crowthers, Rosemary Clooney, Artie Shaw, Alicia de Larrocha, Marvelous
Marvin Hagler, Drew Carey is 56, Joan Collins is 81
1785- Ben Franklin invented
bifocal glasses.
1911- President Taft dedicated the
central branch of the New York Public Library.
1931- In Max Fleischer's Silly
Scandals, the girl character first seen in Dizzy Dishes is first called Betty
Boop.
1941-Hollywood union boss George
Brown and assistant Willard Bioff (also a Frank Nitti bagman) were indicted on
federal racketeering charges. Brown had been a Chicago operative and it was
said 'he could drink 100 bottles of beer in one day". Their main contact
among the Hollywood studio heads was Nicholas Schenck, the chairman of Loews
Theaters and a head of MGM. Willie Bioff had tried to help Louis B. Mayer
defeat the screen actor's guild and hijack the Disney animator's union. After
their jail time Bioff blew up in his car after turning government witness and
Brown 'disappeared...' Schenck meanwhile was pardoned by President Truman.
1969- The Who released their rock
opera Tommy.
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