Birthdays: Christopher Marlowe, Eva Braun, Ronald Reagan,
Francois Truffaut, Babe Ruth, Elias Disney- Walt’s dad, Bob Marley, Queen Anne
Ist of England, Aaron Burr, Robert Townsend, Mike Farrell, Tom Brokaw, Mike
Maltese, Haskel Wexler, Axel Rose, Patrick McKnee- Mr Steed of the Avengers,
Thurl Ravenscroft the voice of Tony the Tiger, Marty Sklar, Kathy Naijimy is 59,
Rip Torn is 85, Zsa Zsa Gabor is 99
1926-Oliver Hardy tried once to be a dancer in a minstrel
show, but wound up running a movie theater in his hometown of Millidgeville,
Georgia. He watched the comics on screen and thought" I am better than
those guys.." He went to Hollywood, and this day signed a contract with
the Hal Roach Studios to appear in short comedies, usually as a villain. Next
year director Leo McCarey teamed the rotund Hardy with skinny Scottish music
hall comedian Stan Laurel, and a legendary team was born- Laurel & Hardy.
Interesting Note:
Laurel & Hardy were both over 6 feet tall..
1935- The board game Monopoly is announced by Parker
Brothers. The prototype monopoly board was round oilcloth and had street names
derived from Atlantic City NJ. It now is in the toy collection of Forbes
Magazine in New York.
1937- John Steinbecks novel “Of Mice and Men” published. In
a result Mr Steinbeck probably didn’t anticipate was the stereotype image of a
mildly autistic man as the big dumb sidekick Lenny, cartoonists used so often.
“Duh, tell me about da rabbits, George.”
1974- John Boorman’s sci-fi cult classic Zardoz premiered.
Sean Connery in his red jock-strap.
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