Birthdays; Johnny Carson, Adlai Stevenson, Pele, Zioniev, Weird Al Yankovic, Dwight Yoakham, Michael
Crichton, Chi-Chi Rodriquez, Phillip Kaufman, porn star Jasmine St. Claire,
Gummo Marx, Ang Lee is 61, Ryan Reynolds is 39, Sam Raimi is 56
1928- A financial consortium led by Wall St. banker-bootlegger
Joseph Kennedy Sr. buys the Keith Albee theater circuit and merged it with the
Radio Company and the Orpheum theaters to form Radio-Keith-Orpheum or RKO pictures.
After Joe Kennedy met with the other Hollywood moguls he told a friend :”They’re all a bunch of Austrian Pants
Pressers! I can take their businesses away from them!” Kennedy made a quick
killing then got out of the picture business in 1930, just before the
Depression dropped his studios stock value. RKO made films like King Kong, Fort
Apache and Citizen Kane before merging into Desilu in 1957.
1940- Shooting on the film Citizen Kane wrapped.
1941- Walt Disney’s Dumbo premiered.
1971-Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida opened.
2001- Apple Computers launched the i-pod.
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