Birthdays: John Paul Jones, Czar Nicholas Ist, Frida Kahlo,
Della Reese, Bill Haley,
Nancy Reagan is 94, Sylvester Stallone is 69, Merv Griffin,
Janet Leigh, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Sebastian Cabot, James Bordrero, The Dalai
Lama, LaVerne Andrews of the Andrews Sisters, Geoffrey Rush is 64, Ned Beatty
is 78, Former President George W. Bush is 69, 50 Cent is 40, Jennifer Saunders
is 57.
1928- The film "The Lights of New York" premiered
at the Strand theater on Broadway.
1927's the Jazz Singer popularized sound
movies while still being half silent. This film was the first with an all
dialogue track.
1957-Chuck Jones short "What’s Opera, Doc?"
debuts. “Kill da wa-bitt, kill da wa-bitt..."
1957-16 year old John Lennon first met 15 year old Paul
McCartney at a church picnic near Woolton, England. Lennon invited McCartney to
join his first band called the Quarrymen, but McCartney missed their first
engagement because of a boy scout trip.
1964 - Beatles' film "Hard
Day's Night" premieres in London. The bands iconoclastic, antics portrayed
by Richard Lesters surreal free style direction set the style for the music
videos of the future.
1965- TV sitcom F-Troop premiered.
Shortly after the series began production it was learned that lead actress
Melody Patterson (Wrangler Jane) was actually underage- 16 years old. She kept
her part, but the writers had to tone down any sexual innuendo in the scripts.
1965 - Rock group Jefferson
Airplane formed.
1974- The first broadcast of A
Prairie Home Companion, Garrison Keilor’s ode to a small town in Minnesota.
Brought to you by Powdermilk Biscuits.
1996- Forrest Gump opened in
theaters.
1998-
French workers at Disneyland Paris theme park went on strike for better pay and
not having to smile all the time like Americans do.
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