Birthdays: King
Stefan Bathory of Poland, Thomas Nast, Arthur Penn, Mike Schmidt,
Meatloaf, William
Conrad, Dick Schapp, Samuel Adams, George Cruikshank, Jayne Meadows, Wilford
Brimley, Shaun Cassidy, Greg Morris, Amanda Detmer, Avril Lavigne is 31, Gwynneth
Paltrow is 43
1935-13 year old singer Frances Gumm of the singing Gumm
Sisters signed an exclusive contract with MGM Pictures. Louis B. Mayer changed
Frances name to Judy Garland.
1937- J R R Tolkiens’
The Hobbit first appeared in bookshops.
1947- Disney’s film Fun and Fancy Free, featuring Mickey and
the Beanstalk.
1954- The Tonight Show premiered. Steve Allen hosts.
1961- Hanna Barbera's "Top Cat" show premiered. Do
you remember the words to the theme song..?
"Top Cat, the most effectual-
Top Cat, who's intellectual: Close friends get to call him T.C., Providing it's
with dignity. Top Cat, the indisputable leader of the gang... He's the Boss
he's a pip, he's the championship, He's the most tip-top, Top Cat !"
1977- Bob McKimson, Warner director of countless Foghorn
Leghorn shorts, died of heart failure in front of Friz Freleng and Yosemite Sam
animator Gerry Chiniquy while having lunch. Fellow artist Art Leonardi had
asked Bob for a souvenir drawing that morning, Bob did him a Bugs Bunny but as
he was leaving Art reminded him that he neglected to sign it. Bob said as he
walked out "Oh, I'll get to it after lunch..."
1989- The Japanese corporate giant Sony purchased Columbia
Pictures.
2003- Hours after the seasons
final concert, in the dead the night, the historic bandshell at the Hollywood
Bowl was demolished. After a long legal fight with preservationists, the
historic 1929 structure designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, that Gershwin and
Stokowski played in, was replaced with a new shell promising better acoustics.
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