Birthdays: Rudyard Kipling, Gen. Hideki Tojo, W. Eugene
Smith, Luther Burbank, Anna Magnani, Bo Diddley, Sir Carol Reed, Sandy Koufax,
Solomon Guggenheim, Jeanette Nolan, Jack Lord, Franco Harris, Joseph Bologna,
Fred Ward is 72, Tracey Ullman. Tiger Woods is 39, Heidi Fleiss, Paul Stookey
of Peter, Paul & Mary, Douglas Engelbart the inventor of the computer
mouse, Lebron James is 30
1689- The opera Dido & Aeneas by Henry Purcell premiered
in London.
1941- “I Vant to be
Alone..” Film Star Greta Garbo announced she was retiring from motion
pictures and all public appearances. She made her disappearing act complete and
was only seen fleeting on the streets of New York until her death in the 1990s.
1963- T.V. game show "Let's Make a Deal" with
Monty Hall premieres.
1988- the Pixar short Tin
Toy released. The first CG short to win an Oscar. Until this win, Steve
Jobs was resisting his animation team making films. He was focused on getting
color graphics onto home computers.
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