Birthdays: Mary Shelley, Jacques Louis David, Huey Long,
Fred MacMurray, Raymond Massey, Ted Williams, John Blondell, Timothy Bottoms,
Jean-Claude Killy, Shirley Booth, John Landis, Tug McGraw, R. Crumb is 72,
Lewis Black is 67, Cameron Diaz is 43
1935- “Top Hat” starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
premiered.
1936- First newspaper comic strip entirely devoted to Donald
Duck.
1968- The first 7-11 store opened in Palmdale California.
Have a Slurpee !
1975- Ralph Bakshi's film "Coonskin". Bad boy
Bakshi's portrayal of African-American urban violence was deemed so offensive
that it caused the first riot ever at the Museum of Modern Art, and died at the
boxoffice. The film was retitled on video "Streetfight".
When Ralph resurfaced
he turned his attention to Sword & Fantasy films.
1980- Willie Nelson released his hit “On the Road Again.”
1993-The David Letterman Show
premiered on CBS. Letterman was wooed away from NBC for $42 million bucks.
2012- At the Republican
Presidential convention, venerable 80 year old filmmaker Clint Eastwood made a
fool out of himself by having a rambling dialogue with an empty chair. He was
supposed to introduce candidate Mitt Romney’s acceptance speech, but his bizarre
performance upstaged anything Romney said.
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