Birthdays: James Cagney, John
Jacob Astor I, Hyacinth Rigaud, Bernice Abbott, Chill Wills, Brian Trottier,
Phoebe Snow, Daryl Lamonica, Prof. Peter Schickele a.k.a. PDQ Bach, Earl
Stanley Gardner the creator of Perry Mason, Art Linkletter, Diane Carroll,
David Hasslehoff is 63, Donald Sutherland is 80, Phyllis Diller
60 Years Ago- 1955 DISNEYLAND OPENED- Walt
Disney's dream of a perfect family amusement park, called 'The Happiest Place
on Earth" was declared open with movie celebrities like Ronald Reagan, Art
Linkletter and the Mouseketeers in attendance. Walt Disney was so worried the
no one would show up, he requested employees to come with their families to
beef up the crowd for the TV camera. Walt hoped to get 10,000 visitors that
first day. He got 100,000. Facilities
broke down from the huge crowds and the haste with which the park was
built. Concrete pavement which was
poured the night before was still soft under people's feet, there were no
working water fountains and the car parking was a nightmare. To the Disneyland
workers opening day was nicknamed 'Black Sunday". But despite all,
Disneyland became a huge success.
1967– The Monkees performed at
Forest Hills NY, Jimi Hendrix was their opening act.
1968- The Beatles musical cartoon
feature The Yellow Submarine premiered in London’s Piccadilly Circus. Look Out
! It’s the Blue Meanies!!
1988- A home video tape was
released of actor Rob Lowe making whoopee with two underage girls in his hotel
room.
2004-
Katsuhiro Otomo’s film Steamboy premiered. Japanese interest in the idea of
SteamPunk began to spread worldwide.
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