Birthdays: Malcolm X- born Malcolm
Little, Ho Chi Minh- born Ngyun Tat Tanth- Ho Chi Minh means the Enlightener,
Giovanni Della Robbia, John Hopkins, Lord Waldorf Astor, Dame Nelly Melba,
Frank Capra, Wilson Mizner, Elena Poniatowska, Jim Lehrer, Nora Ephron, Grace
Jones, Peter Mahew, Nancy Kwan, Pete Townshend, Joey Ramone, Jimmy Hoffa Jr,
Polly Walker, and animator and educator Tom Sito
1884 - Ringling Brothers circus
premiered.
1934- Mickey Mouse short cartoon
Gulliver Mickey.
1956- Cecil B. de Milles film
" The Ten Commandments" premiered. Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne
Baxter and Edward G, Robinson.
1956- The Disney film Pollyana
debuted, making a star of Haley Mills.
1960 - DJ Alan Freed is accused of
bribery in the radio payola scandal, the first scandal to hit the new world of
Rock & Roll.
1997- Matthew Broderick married
Sarah Jessica Parker.
1998- George Lucas much
anticipated film Star Wars Episode One
the Phantom Menace premiered, the first Star Wars sequel in 20 years. It
was the first major film premiere to be projected digitally, two theaters in
New York and two in Hollywood. It featured Jarr Jarr Binks, a character so
annoying that web sites like www. I Want Jarr-Jarr to Die-Die.Com soon racked
up tens of thousands of hits.
2000- Walt Disney film Dinosaur opened.
2005- Star Wars: The Revenge of
the Sith premiered.
2006-
Dreamworks animated film ‘Over the Hedge’ premiered.
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