Birthdays: Jorge Luis Borges, William Wilberforce, Marlee
Matlin, Yasir Arafat, Max Beerbom, Cal Ripken Jr, Joshua Lionel Cowan the
inventor of Lionel toy electric trains, Kenny Baker-C3PO in Star Wars, Stephen
Fry is 57, Durward Kirby- 1960s T.V. announcer, Duke Kahanamoku-1890- Olympic medalist
who popularized the Hawaiian sport of Surfing. Kirk Wise, Dave Chappelle is 41,
Steve Guttenberg is 56
1939- Mr. Leslie Mitchell became the first British
Television announcer.
1942- Walt Disney’s film Saludos Amigos received it’s world
premiere in Rio De Janiero.
1951- Akira Kurosawa’s film Rashomon premiered at the Venice
International Film Festival. The film won the Grand Prize and first showed the
world that Japanese Cinema was a new force in the film world.
1973- One month after Bruce Lee’s death his last film Enter
The Dragon opened in the US to wild acclaim. It renewed interest in the late
star and helped spawn the Chinese Martial Arts craze in the US.
1995- Microsoft's Windows 95 introduced.
1997- According to the 1984 James Cameron film The
Terminator this was the day the Skynet computer system became self aware, and
began the War of the Day of Judgement.
2011- Steve Jobs announced he was resigning his positions at
Apple, Pixar and Disney due to his failing health.
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