Burthdaze: Sir Issac Newton, Emile
Cohl, Louis Braille, General Tom Thumb, Jane Wyman, Jacob Grimm of the Brothers
Grimm, Sterling Holloway the voice of Winnie the Pooh, Francois Rude, Dyan
Cannon is 79, Floyd Patterson, Don Shula, Barbara Rush, Doris Kearns Goodwin,
Julia Ormond is 48
1936- Mickey’s Polo Team, directed
by Dave Hand.
1944- Kaj Munk, Danish playwright
and poet who preached passive resistance to the Nazi occupation, was arrested
by the Gestapo and later executed.
1946- Terrytoons "The Talking
Magpies" the first Heckle and Jeckyl cartoons.
1954- Young truck driver Elvis
Presley went into Sun Records recording studio in Memphis. He plunked down $4
to record two demos for his mothers’ birthday. " Casual Love Affair"
and "I’ll Never Stand in your Way". The studio technician was
impressed enough to play the demo for his manager who called back Presley for
an audition.
1956- In the Peanuts comic strip
Charles Schulz made Snoopy first stand up on two legs.
1956- Walt Disney had lunch with
his old nemesis Max Fleischer, now retired. The meeting was arranged by Max’s
son Richard Fleischer, who was working for Disney directing Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Although
everyone had a nice time, Richard later admitted he found the event depressing.
Seeing his dad humbled:” It was like seeing David vanquished by Goliath..”
1960- Writer Albert Camus was
killed in a car accident. He was 46.
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