Birthdays: President John Tyler, Sir William Walton, Eric
Idle is 73, former English P.M. John Major, Bud Cort is 67, LaToya Jackson,
Eugene McCarthy, Jennifer Capriati, M.C. Hammer, Walt "Clyde"
Frazier, Cy Young, Christopher Lambert is 60, Disney animator Jack Kinney,
Brendan Gleeson is 60, Lucy Lawless, Elle MacPherson, Amy Sedaris is 52
1936-Republic Pictures formed.
1939- Moviestars Clark Gable and Carole Lombard marry. They
had a happy marriage until Lombard was killed in a plane crash in 1942. It’s
been said the first California King Size mattress, slightly larger than normal
king size, was ordered custom made for Gable and Lombard for their rather
exuberant assignations at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
1951- 'The King and I' debuts on Broadway with Gertrude
Lawrence and Yul Brynner, who shaved his head for the first time for the role.
1989- As part of one of the silliest Oscar telecasts in
history, actor Rob Lowe (The West Wing) had to dance and sing 'Proud Mary"
with Las Vegas showgirl Eileen Bowman dressed as Disney’s Snow White.
Rob Lowe had just been embarrassed by the publication of a
videotape shot in a hotel room of him having sex with two teenagers. The Walt
Disney Company immediately threatened a lawsuit and the Academy apologized and
replaced director Alan Carr with Gilbert Cates.
1989- At that same Oscar ceremony Pixar’s short Tin Toy
became the first CG animation to ever win and Oscar.
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