Birthdays: Christopher Marlowe, Eva Braun, Ronald Reagan,
Francois Truffaut, Babe Ruth, Elias Disney- Walt’s dad, Bob Marley, Queen Anne
Ist of England, Aaron Burr, Robert Townsend, Mike Farrell, Tom Brokaw, Mike
Maltese, Haskel Wexler, Axel Rose, Patrick McKnee- Mr Steed of the Avengers,
Thurl Ravenscroft the voice of Tony the Tiger, Marty Sklar, Kathy Naijimy is 58,
Rip Torn is 84, Zsa Zsa Gabor is 98
1926-Oliver Hardy tried once to be a dancer in a minstrel
show, but wound up running a movie theater in his hometown of Millidgeville,
Georgia. He watched the comics on screen and thought" I am better than
those guys.." He went to Hollywood, and this day signed a contract with
the Hal Roach Studios to appear in short comedies, usually as a villain. Next
year director Leo McCarey teamed the rotund Hardy with skinny Scottish music
hall comedian Stan Laurel, and a legendary team was born- Laurel & Hardy.
Interesting Note:
Laurel & Hardy were both over 6 feet tall..
1935- The board game Monopoly is announced by Parker
Brothers. The prototype monopoly board was round oilcloth and had street names
derived from Atlantic City NJ. It now is in the toy collection of Forbes
Magazine in New York.
1937- John Steinbecks novel “Of Mice and Men” published. In
a result Mr Steinbeck probably didn’t anticipate was the stereotype image of a
mentally challenged man as the big dumb sidekick Lenny with the little wiseass partner, cartoonists used so often.
“Duh, tell me about da rabbits, George.”
1943-“GET ME GEISLER!” Actor Errol Flynn was acquitted of
two counts of sex with adolescents, which even if it is consensual is still
considered statutory rape. The two women who brought the charges had actually
tried this shakedown with other celebrities. They weren't exactly adolescents,
despite testifying in court with pigtails and a lollypop. Flynn hired lawyer to
the stars Jerry Geisler and he slowly took the women story apart. Geisler
discovered one had a prior conviction for 'public lewdness' and the other had
an abortion, which then was illegal. So Flynn got off- literally.
1974- John Boorman’s sci-fi cult classic Zardoz premiered.
Sean Connery in his red jock-strap.
1985- Steve Wozniak, the young engineer who started Apple
Computer with Steve Jobs in his garage, retired from running the company. He’d
rather be an engineer and teach children. He also returned to Berkeley to
complete his undergraduate degree, under the name Rocky Clark. Rocky was the
name of his dog.
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