Birthdays: Roman Emperor Constantine 280AD, Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow, John Steinbeck, Ralph Nader, Marion Anderson, Chelsea Clinton,
Franchot Tone, William Demarest, James Worthy, Mirella Freni, Judge Hugo Black,
David Sarnoff the founder of NBC network, Joanne Woodward, Elizabeth Taylor
1919- Gustav Holst’s orchestral piece The Planets, first
premiered in London.
1958- Columbia Pictures mogul Harry Cohn died of old age.
His ruthlessness was legend in Hollywood. He once said " I don't get
ulcers, I give them!" Hedda Hopper said:' You have to wait in line to hate
him." The entire Columbia staff was ordered, not asked, to attend a
memorial service. Looking at the large crowd around the coffin, Red
Skelton quipped: "You see, give the
people what they want, and they'll show up."
1991- The Mitchell Brothers were tops in the pornography
business, producing blockbusters like Behind the Green Door and running the O’
Farrell Theater in San Francisco. This day after doing a lot of drugs, Jim
Mitchell shot his brother Arnie to death with a rifle.
The Mitchell Brothers Court case marked the first use of 3D computer animation
as a scenario tool.
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