Birthdays: Emperor Hirohito, Duke Ellington , Duke
Wellington, Sir Thomas Beacham, Zuben Mehta is 78, Tom Ewell, Rod McKuen, Fred
Zinnemann, Jerry Seinfeld is 59, Michelle Pfeiffer is 56, Daniel Day Lewis is 57,
Uma Thurman is 44
1771- Artist Benjamin West unveils his painting of the
“Death of General Wolfe” at the Royal Academy in London. Wolfe was killed in
the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, which decided that Canada would be
English. West’s portrayal of Wolfe in his actual uniform instead an idealized
Grecian god was considered scandalously realistic and revolutionized painting.
1786- The day before his opera THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO was to
premiere, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart sat down after dinner and wrote the famous
overture. Friends said he liked to think
1944- Dancing Romeos, the last Our Gang comedy short was
produced by MGM, which had bought the franchise in 1938 from Hal Roach.
1949- MGM chief Louis B. Mayer fired Frank Sinatra for
making a joke about him. Mayer hurt his hip riding, and Sinatra joked he got
hurt not falling off his horse, but falling off Jean Howard, a young actress
Mayer was chasing.
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