Birthdays: Christopher Robin Milne-1920, King Phillip II
Augustus of France- 1165, King William IV of England- 1765, Aubrey Beardsley,
Count Basie*, Wilt (Wilt the Stilt) Chamberlain, Friz Freleng, Kenny Rogers,
Princess Margaret, Matthew Broderick, Vance Gerry, Peter Weir is 71, Kim
Catrall is 59, Carrie Anne Moss is 48
1911- Café waiter Vincenzo Peruggia walked into the Louvre
and stole the Mona Lisa. After trying to
fence it for two years, he tried to ransom it back. He was arrested and the
painting recovered.
1921- On his first birthday, Christopher Robin Milne was
given a Farrell teddy bear from Harrods. His parents first called it Edward,
but when he could speak Christopher Robin named it Winnie the Pooh for his
favorite bear he saw at the zoo.
1929-Mexican artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo marry.
1930- Pardon Us, the first feature length film starring
Laurel & Hardy. In 1926, Hal Roach director Leo McCarey noticed the Briton
Stan Laurel and Georgia born singer Oliver Hardy looked funny together, and put
them in a series of shorts. Laurel & Hardy became one of the greatest
comedy teams in film history.
1935- Big band leader Benny Goodman was having a tough time.
His band lost its radio gig when the show Let’s Dance was canceled. So he and
his musicians drove across the country in a small caravan of cars playing
various venues on the road. They were told in small towns to stop playing that
newfangled Swing music and stick to old standards. One manager in Denver told
him:” Don’t you guys know any waltzes? ” By the time they arrived in Los
Angeles this day they were thoroughly demoralized. But today when they set up
in the Palomar Ballroom in Hollywood the crowd was immense! And these kids
wanted to jitterbug to the new Swing music! So hit it, Jackson, Awl Reet, Awl
Reet!
1944- Moviestar James Cagney, star of Yankee Doodle Dandy, was
cleared of charges of Communism. The accusations probably had less to do with
Cagney's politics and more to do with his actor’s union activism, and his
fighting in court the restrictive personal contracts studios put their stars
under.
1972 - Grace Slick was sprayed with mace by police after one
of her band called the cops pigs.
1989- The Voyager II satellite spaceprobe flew by the planet
Neptune. It was discovered Neptune had a faint ring like Saturn and rotated on
it’s side- south-north instead of west to east. Scientists speculated the
atmospheric pressure to be so great that it could actually rain diamonds.
1995- Bill Gates announces Microsoft Windows 95.
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