History for
6/4/2014
Birthdays: King George III, Alvah
Bessie, Rosalind Russell, Gene Barry, Dennis Weaver, Robert Merrill, Bruce
Dern, Andrea Jaeger, Dr Ruth Westheimer, Freddy Fender, Rachael Griffiths, Noah
Wylie is 43, Russell Brand is 39, Angelina Jolie is 39
1666- Moliere’s play "Le
Misanthrope" premiered.
1916 - Mildred J Hill, one of the
two Hill sisters who composed the song Happy Birthday To You, died at 56.
1938- Date of the infamous Walt
Disney Studio crew party to celebrate the success of Snow White. The young
artists, released of tension and filled with booze, swapped bedrooms and
galloped horses through the Hotel Norconian sending Walt and Roy fleeing the
scene for fear of bad publicity.
1942- Capitol Records opened for
business.
1947- The film "A Miracle on
34th St." opened. Starring Maureen O’Hara, Edmund Gwen and 8 year old
Natalie Wood.
1951- Tony Curtis married Janet
Leigh. The result was to produce Jamie Leigh-Curtis.
1965- The Rolling Stones release
the single "Satisfaction".
1967- The television show
"The Monkees" win the Emmy award for Best Comedy.
go figure... The producers of the
Pre-Fab Four raise enough money and clout to fund later projects like the hit
movie Easy Rider. This same ceremony saw Bill Cosby become the first
African-American to win an Emmy, this for his role in the series I-Spy.
1977- The Apple II went on sale.
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