Birthdays:
Maimonides- Moses Ben Maimon, Anna Sewell (the author of Black Beauty),
Vincent Van Gogh, Francisco Goya, John Astin, Peter Marshall, Warren Beatty is
77, Eric Clapton is 69, Arthur Lee Harrington the designer of the first Jeep,
Tracey Chapman, Robby Coltrane, Paul Reiser, Celine Dion, Nora Jones is 37,
Disney animator Marc Davis
1853- The pencil eraser patented.
1918- Thomas Edison sold his studio and got out of the movie
business. He fired W.K.L. Dickson inventor of the movie studio set, Edwin
Porter the inventor of the narrative film, and J. Stuart Blackton the inventor
of cartoon animation for annoying him too much about filmmaking. Edison was
more interested in finding a way to extract iron ore from rocks using magnets.
1968- In New York’s Bowery district two children find the
body of a homeless drug addict. The John Doe is later identified as Bobby
Driscoll, 31, Walt Disney child star and the voice of Peter Pan.
2000- Dreamworks animated feature the Road to El Dorado
premiered.
2007- Disney’s Meet the Robinsons.
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