Birthdays: Georg Phillip Telemann,
Johann Strauss Sr., Albert Einstein, Casey Jones, Quincy Jones is 81, astronaut
Frank Borman, Les Brown, Hank Ketcham, Wolfgang Petersen, Diane Arbus, Chris
Klein, Michael Cain born Maurice Mickelwhite is 82, Billy Crystal is 67
1885- Gilbert and Sullivan’s
operetta The Mikado premiered in London.
1932-Inventor
GEORGE EASTMAN shot himself- The inventor of the Roll-film camera, who named
his celluloid strips 'film' and founded Eastman/Kodak. He had been suffering
from a long illness and left the note: " To my friends: The End is near,
why wait? "
1941-
Xavier Cugat and his orchestra recorded "Babalu".
1943-
Aaron Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man" premiered. George Szell
conducting. Young Leonard Bernstein
once asked Copland how he could write more "American" sounding music.
The maestro answered:" Lenny, just shuttup and write. You're American.
It's all going to sound that way anyway!"
1986-
The IPO or initial public offering of stock of a new company called Microsoft.
Twenty-seven dollars a share.
1991-
Lyricist Howard Ashman ( Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast) died of
HIV/AIDS.
1998- The epic disaster movie
Titanic surpassed Star Wars and Jurassic Park as the greatest money earning
film (until Avatar). It cost over $200 million to make but it earned at least
$1 billion in box office alone. Quote director James Cameron: I’m King of the
World!!
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