Birthdays: Frederic Chopin, Glen Miller, Harry Belafonte is
88, David Niven, Oskar Kokoschka, Roger Daltry, Robert Conrad, Deke Slayton,
Yitschak Rabin. Catherine Bach, Timothy Daly, Ron Howard is 60, Javier Bardem
is 46, Zack Snyder is 49
1930-Disney animator Ub Iwerks, the animator/designer of
Mickey Mouse, quits the studio to set up his own place. Walt was stunned by the
defection of one of his first employees and closest friends. Iwerks studio
producing Flip the Frog Cartoons, will eventually fail and he'll return to
Disneys to invent the xerox process. Iwerks partner was Pat Powers, who’s
PowersCinephone was the process used to put sound on “Steamboat Willie”. Powers
engineered the break between Ub and Walt when Disney refused to let him buy into
a co-partnership in Disney Studio.
1936- Max Fleischer's short cartoon"Snow White"
(starring Betty Boop). Cab Calloway singing the "St. James Infirmary
Blues" is a highlight.
1946-The National Cartoonists Society formed.
1961-The Ken Doll introduced.
1978- Unemployed auto mechanics Gatchko Ganas and Roman
Wardas broke into the tomb of Charlie Chaplin in Vevey Switzerland and stole
his remains. They tried to hold it for ransom. The body was recovered and the
two losers were soon arrested. They were trying to make enough money to open a
car repair garage in France.
1988- Apple introduced the first
commercially available CD-ROM drive for your personal computer.
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