Birthdays: Vladimir Horowitz,
Julie Andrews is 79, Walter Matthau, Richard Harris, Phillipe Noiret, James Whitmore,
Pres. Jimmy Carter is 90, Everet Sloane, Rod Carew, Stanley Holloway, Tom
Bosley, Max Morath, Randy Quaid, Cindy Margolis, Zack Galifanakis is 45
1945- Looney Tunes director Frank
Tashlin left the cartoon business to work full time at Paramount doing live
action movies. He wrote for the Marx Brothers and later directed the Dean
Martin Jerry Lewis comedies.
1952- This Is Your Life TV show
hosted by Ralph Edwards premiered.
1955- The Honeymooners with Jackie
Gleason, Jayne Meadows and Art Carney premiered on TV.
1962- Johnny Carson took over the
Tonight Show, after host Jack Paar in a rage walked of the set and resigned.
Paar was annoyed at network censors for cutting a comedy sketch that featured the
sound of a toilet flushing.
1968-George Romero's weird film
"Night of the Living Dead' premieres.
1982- Disney's EPCOT opens.
1987- The Whittier Earthquake
rocks L.A. 5.9 on the Richter Scale, it killed 8 and caused millions in damage.
1992
-The Cartoon Network started.
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