Birthdays: Danton, Leon Trotsky, Vladimir “Bill” Tytla -
Disney animator who gave life to Dumbo, Grumpy and the Devil from Bald
Mountain would be 110, Francois Mitterand, Domenico Scarlatti, Charles W. Post of Post
Cereals, Bob Hoskins, The last Shah of Iran Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, Mahalia
Jackson, Clive Barker, Bootsie Collins, Marla Maples, Count Helmuth Von Molkte
the Elder -German strategist of the Franco-Prussian War, Dylan McDermott, Cary
Elwes, Jaclyn Smith, Hilary Rodham Clinton, Seth McFarlane is 41
1947-HOLLYWOOD FIGHTS BACK.- Members of Hollywood's
progressive elite tried to answer the McCarthy hearings and the blacklist with
a nationwide radio broadcast "Hollywood Fights Back' -Starring Humphrey
Bogart and Lauren Bacall, Judy Garland, Katharine Hepburn, Danny Kaye, John
Huston, Gene Kelly and Edward G. Robinson.
1970- Doonesbury born. Yale law graduate Gary Trudeau was
convinced by Jim Andrews his classmate now an editor at Universal Press
syndicate, to recreate his funny comic he did in the campus newspaper. It's
original name was 'Bull Tales".
1984-" I’LL BE BACK…" James Cameron’s sci-fi
thriller THE TERMINATOR first released. Arnold Schwarzenegger was considered a
Hollywood joke before this film made him a major star. An interesting what-if,
was that before Arnold was cast in the role of the cyborg assassin, the
producers were first considering O.J. Simpson.
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