Birthdays: Lily Pons, Richard Tauber, Henry Fonda, Liberace-
real name Wladziu Valentine Liberace, Jan Kiepura, Edmund Kirby-Smith, Gabriela
Sabbatini, Thurman Thomas, Margaret Sullivan, Olga Korbut- the original
adorable underage Olympic Gold Medal gymnast, Debra Winger is 60, Tori
Spelling, Janet Jackson, Woody Herman, Studs Terkel, Ivan Sutherland is 76,
Pierce Brosnan is 62.
1929- The First Academy Awards ceremony at the Rose Ballroom
of the Biltmore Hotel. The best picture winner was William Wellman’s “Wings”.
The name Oscar for the award supposedly came from joking that it’s butt looked
like Betty Davis’ husband Oscar’s. The ceremony was originally a dinner party
with some industry business conducted. During the Depression in 1933 the Oscars
was the place to announce across the board wage rollbacks and salary cuts. Must
have made for a swell party.
1946- the musical Annie Get Your Gun starring Ethel Merman
premiered on Broadway.
1975 - Wings release "Listen
to What the Man Said" in UK
1979- Shooting wraps on 1941,
Steven Spielbergs first flop.
1980 - Brian May of rock group
Queen collapses on stage with hepatitis.
1980 - Paul McCartney releases
"McCartney II" album
1981 - "Bette Davis
Eyes" by Kim Carnes hits #1 for next 9 weeks. The elderly movie legend was
not impressed:” Kim Carnes does not have eyes like me!” quote Bette.
1986 – the film "Top
Gun," directed by Tony Scott and starring Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis
premiered.
1990- Jim Henson died of viral
pneumonia at Bellevue Hospital in NYC. He was 53.
1996-
One of the lamest moments in TV writing. On DALLAS Pam Ewing encounters her
husband Bobby Ewing in the shower although he had been dead for one year. The
incident meant the entire previous season’s events had only been a bad dream.
2009-
Pixars film UP premiered.
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