Birthdays: Hank Williams, Spiro Agnew, Ken Kesey, Jerry
Colonna, Roddy MacDowell, George Blanda, Wendy Carlos Williams, Elvira- real
name Cassandra Peterson, Anne Bancroft, Jeff MacNelly, John Ritter, Sir
Frederick Ashton, Rita Rudner, Tim Walker, Baz Luhrmann is 53
1932- Mickey Mouse short The Whoopee Party, premiered.
1957- Character actor Sterling Holloway signed his first
contract with the Walt Disney Company. He will be the voice of Winnie the Pooh
(“Oh bother”).
FIFTY YEARS AGO 1965- If you ever wondered what could be funny about being
held in a Nazi prison camp you could watch the TV sitcom HOGANS HEROES, which
debuted this day. Nazi Commandant Colonel Klink was acted by Werner Klemperer,
whose father was the famous orchestra conductor Otto Klemperer who had to flee
Germany because they were Jewish. Sargent Schulz and the Frenchman LeBeau were
also played by actors who survived the Holocaust- John Banner and Robert Clary.
1971- RCA gave up and pulled out of the retail computer
market.
1972- Filmation's The Groovie Ghoulies" debuts.
1978- After thirteen days of intense negotiations President
Jimmy Carter announced the Camp David Peace Accords , the first peace treaty
between Israel and an Arab neighbor- Egypt. Prime Minister Menachem Begin shook
hands with President
1991- The TV show Home
Improvement debuted, making a star out of stand up comedian Tim Allen.
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