Birthdays: Euripides-484BC,
Victoria Woodhull, Walter Lippmann, Ray Charles, John Coltrane, Mickey Rooney,
Julio Inglesias, Walter Pidgeon, Louise Nevelson, Jason Alexander is 55, Mary
Kay Place, Harry Connick Jr, Bruce Springsteen is 66, William McGuffey
1889- The Nintendo Company started
in Kyoto, They began by making hand-painted playing cards. In 1956 they
transitioned to electronics, and in the 1980s invented Donkey-Kong, Gameboys
and The Legend of Zelda.
1912- "Cohen Collects a
Debt" Max Sennet's first film comedy featuring the Keystone Kops.
1962- H& B's show The Jetsons'
premiered. It was the first ABC show to be presented in color. Jane! Stop this Crazy Thing! Jane!
1964- Marc Chagalls’ paintings on
the ceiling of the Paris Opera House unveiled.
1969- the film "Butch Cassidy
and the Sundance Kid" premiered. Written by William Goldman and directed
by George Roy Hill. It made fortunes for stars Paul Newman and Robert Redford,
who later started and independent film festival called Sundance.
1984-Michael
Eisner, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Frank Wells met the Disney Animation Dept. and
are pitched storyboards for the film Basil of Baker Street, later called the
Great Mouse Detective. Up to now their thinking had been to dismantle the
animation department and earn income from the licensees of the existing
library. Roy Disney was instrumental in insisting the animation division
remain. Eisner dictates memos to start the television animation division.
1994-
Quentin Tarentino’s masterpiece Pulp Fiction premiered.
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