Birthdays: Amerigo Vespucci, Eddie
Foy Sr., Yuri Gargarin, Samuel Barber, chess master Bobby Fischer, Mickey
Spillane, Vita Sackville-West, Raul Julia, Vacheslav Molotov, Juliet Binoche is
51, Linda Fiorentino is 57, Lil’ Bow-Wow is 28
1888- While strolling through his
garden, writer Jules Verne was shot twice by an emotionally deranged nephew. He recovered, but walked with a limp for the rest of his life.
1907-Former Edison animator J.
Stuart Blackton starts "Moving Picture World" an early movie fanzine.
1935- The Looney Tune Cartoon
"I haven’t Got a Hat" premiered. This cartoon gave birth to the first
permanent Warner Bros. Cartoon star- Porky Pig.
1955- Actor James Dean’s film,
East of Eden, premiered today,.
1959-The first "Clutch
Cargo" show.
1984- Roy E. Disney Jr., Walt’s
nephew, resigned from the central board of the Walt Disney Company, setting in
motion a series of takeover bids and maneuvering that by August would wrest
control of the company from Ron Miller, Walt’s son-in-law.
1984- Touchstone pictures Splash
premiered, featuring Tom Hanks, John Candy and a tastefully topless Daryl
Hannah.
1989- Artist-photographer Robert
Maplethorpe died of AIDS.
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