Birthdays: Sir David Brewster,1781- inventor of the
kaleidoscope, Fiorello LaGuardia, Robert Koch, conqueror of tuberculosis,
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Carlo Ponti,
Gilbert Roland, Big Mama Mabel Thornton, Vampira, Jean Marais, Jean Louis
Tritignant, Tom Hayden, Jermaine Jackson, McCoy Tyner- John Coltrane's pianist,
Brenda Lee, Rita Moreno is 83, Teri Garr is 67, Mos Def is 41, Mo’nique is 47
1882- The Bijou Theater in Boston presented Gilbert and
Sullivan’s Iolanthe in the first show
completely illuminated by electric light bulbs.
1941- Gone With The Wind producer David Selznick pitched a
movie version of Hitler’s book Mein Kampf to be directed by Alfred Hitchcock
and written by Ben Hecht. Mercifully for moviegoers, the idea was soon dropped.
1957- Rock and Roll singer Jerry Lee Lewis secretly married
his 13 year old cousin Myra Gail Brown, while still married to his second wife,
who he divorced when the press broke the story the following April. The
incident ruined his career. Great Balls of Fire!
1970- Walt Disney's the 'Aristocats' premiered.
2009- Disney’s animated Princess and the Frog.
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