Birthdays: King Henry VI of
England-1422, English Puritan General George Monck-1608, John Eberhard 1822,
builder of the first large pencil factory in the US, John Singleton-Mosby the
Grey Ghost, Henry Jarecki, Baby Face Nelson, William S. Hart, Ira Gershwin,
Dave Brubeck, Agnes Moorehead, Tom Hulce is 61, Wally Cox, Lynn Fontaine,
Steven Wright, JoBeth Williams, Judd Apatow is 47, Nick Park is 56
Today is the FEAST of SAINT
NICHOLAS, the patron saint of sailors and children. In the 350 AD Bishop
Nicholas heard of a man so poor that he was about to sell his daughters into
prostitution. Nicholas climbed into the man’s window and placed gold coins in
the families socks drying by the fireplace. In some cities during the Middle
Ages the custom was this day to elect a Boy Bishop who would reign in an
honorary style until the Feast of the Holy Innocents December 28th.
1877- First edition of the
Washington Post.
1915- MAX FLEISCHER PATENTS THE ROTOSCOPE
TECHNIQUE- This system enables you to film an actor then draw the cartoons over
the still frames of the live action to achieve a realistic motion. (an early
form of Motion Capture) Max would film his brother Dave in a clown suit then
draw Koko the Clown over him. Dave had already owned the clown suit because he
had been seriously considering a change in careers. The Fleischer's New York
studio would be Disney's chief rival for most of the 1920's-30's.
1933- U.S. Federal Judge Woolsey
decides James Joyce's "ULYSSES" is not a dirty book and can be
published in the U.S by Viking Press. The book had been out in Europe since
1922.
1941- WONDER WOMAN,
Psychologist William Moulton Marston was an
educational consultant for Detective Comics, Inc. (DC Comics). Marston saw that
the DC line was filled with images of super men like Green Lantern, Batman,
Superman. He wondered why there was not
a female hero? DC head Max Gaines, was intrigued by the concept and told
Marston that he should create a female hero - a "Wonder Woman."
Marston's 'good and beautiful woman' made her debut in All Star Comics #8.
1942- Val Lewton’s strange movie
the Cat People with Simon-Simon premiered.
1964- The first concert at the Los
Angeles Music Center.
1964- FIFTY YEARS AGO: Rankin Bass'
TV special 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer' first broadcast. And it has run
every year since.
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